THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Campaign

Brand Awareness Campaign Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign Regional Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation Use of Viral Content User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Audio & Music Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI Graphic Art Images Website/App

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Insurance Live Events News & Media Non-Profit Pets & Animals Pharma & Healthcare Real Estate Restaurants Retail & E-Commerce Social Activism Sports Technology Television Travel & Tourism Wine, Beer & Spirits

Influencer & Celebrity Partnership

Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Other Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership X Partnership YouTube Partnership

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence X Presence YouTube Presence

Platforms & Technology

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Facebook Immersive Instagram Interactive Content LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Business Podcast NEW! Health & Wellness Podcast Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Sports Podcast Technology and Education Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Integration with Traditional Media Internal Communications LGBTQ Community Engagement Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response SEO & SEM Social Commerce Storytelling

Video

Comedy Video Documentary Feature Film NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video Product Feature Video Short Form Video Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 5th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best use of Instagram

This award honors brands, organizations or institutions that use Instagram to effectively promote a social good program, project, initiative, or goal. Submissions may focus on overall brand presence on Instagram, campaign-specific pages, and use of Instagram features such as Instagram Live or Stories.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Instagram
winner
Girls Room
Young people are deeply impacted by on-screen images; what they see shapes their relationship with …

Finalists

Instagram
finalist
gold honor
Chipotle’s Philanthropic Virtual Prom After Party
It’s no secret the class of 2020 (and all students) missed major milestones this year, including pr…
Instagram
finalist
gold honor
Gratitunes
The objective was to create a nationwide platform to thank the medical staff on the frontlines of C…
Instagram
finalist
silver honor
"Together at Home" Instagram Concert Series
Global Citizen’s sole focus is to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. But in 2020, with the growing …
Instagram
finalist
silver honor
Hey There, Human
HEY THERE, HUMAN began on March 19, in response to California’s COVID-19 Safer At Home order that w…

Nominees

Instagram
@FreshEmpire: ADDICTION IS REAL
Cigarette use among teens has been declining, yet certain at-risk groups of teens continue to use. …
Instagram
Education City Speaker Series: Race and Identity in the 21st Century
Launched in November 2018, the Education City Speaker Series (ECSS) is aimed to build a community a…
Instagram
Fortify Rights/Doha Debates Rohingya Instagram Fellows
In the world’s largest refugee camp, Doha Debates and human rights organization Fortify Rights are …
Instagram
GIVING TUESDAY FILTER
To develop a creative way to tell the story of the brand’s mission and foundation in an engaging an…
Instagram
HBO Insecure Season 4 (Virtual) Block Party/Finale Events
Each year, fans of the Emmy-nominated HBO comedy series, Insecure, look forward to the new season a…
Instagram
Helping Black founders fundraise in a time of uncertainty
Google for Startups' social strategy aims to act as an always-on resource that helps founders and s…
Instagram
Qatar Resilience Campaign
Amid the outbreak of COVID-19, Qatar Foundation (QF) launched a campaign promoting the Foundation’s…
Instagram
Smile Train “See a Smile, Send a Smile” Campaign
In April 2020, Smile Train worked with Allison+Partners to conceptualize and execute the “See a Smi…
Instagram
TimberTech Consumer Campaign // Instagram
Inspiration is central to creating a one-of-a-kind outdoor living space. In the quest to inspire pe…
Instagram
Waste-Ed
We're inspiring people to give a sh*t! We use our voice to spread optimism and empowerment, to call…
Instagram
redfish
In response to the global social and political unrest  of 2019 (Catalonia, Haiti, Ecuador, Chile, B…