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 in LGBTQ+

This award honors a program, project, or initiative fighting discrimination of persons based on their sexual orientation or gender identity and advocating for equal rights and acceptance.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

LGBTQ+
winner
Human By Orientation Pride Site
To the queer community, Pride month is an important time to gather, celebrate, and continue the pur…

Finalists

LGBTQ+
finalist
Global Pride Crossing
Global Pride is a powerful statement of equality, dignity and acceptance. It is a moment to shut ou…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Google Pixel x Pride
Google Pixel is one of the best smartphones on the market, and over the years, has developed a loya…
LGBTQ+
finalist
People Have Periods
 “L. for every V” is more than a tagline. It is a promise to be a brand that all people with period…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Trans Lifeline
To increase voter access for the LGBTQ community, MTV and Logo joined forces with Trans Lifeline to…
LGBTQ+
finalist
What's Love?
The Los Angeles LGBT Center wanted to raise awareness of their services to support families of LGBT…

Nominees

LGBTQ+
Behind the Drag
For this series, we really wanted to create something that would highlight both big-name drag queen…
LGBTQ+
Dragged
Based around the founding principle that “drag is for everyone,” this series gives everyday people …
LGBTQ+
Forward for 50 - Posters
In 2019, the Los Angeles LGBT Center became the first LGBT organization in the world to celebrate i…
LGBTQ+
GLAAD's "Together in Pride: You are Not Alone"
GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy or…
LGBTQ+
Harry's Design with Pride
This year, mens care brand Harry’s debuted Design with Pride, a campaign to celebrate creative tale…
LGBTQ+
I'm Gay - Eugene Lee Yang
Eugene Lee Yang is a producer, writer, director and one of today’s most recognizable Asian-American…
LGBTQ+
In The Know Next Gen: CJ Duron
The objective of this series was to highlight Millennial and Gen Z changemakers who are making amaz…
LGBTQ+
Legendary Ballroom Kits
We looked to drive awareness, buzz and tune-in across the LGBTQ+ and larger ball community to promo…
LGBTQ+
Marvel’s first-ever Latina writer speaks on what she brought to the table for character America Chav
This entry is one in a series of In The Know videos featuring the MAKERS conference, a three-day su…
LGBTQ+
National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health
LGBTQ youth are often overlooked in research, and difficult to survey, so critical data on LGBTQ yo…
LGBTQ+
OUTLOUD: Raising Voices
OUTLOUD: Raising Voices began as a live event concept to give a platform to up-and-coming LGBTQ+ mu…
LGBTQ+
Remember the Rainbow
Every child, regardless of their race, gender, wealth or birthplace, deserves to feel safe. Yet the…
LGBTQ+
TURNNT
The objective of the campaign is to recruit trans women of color (TWOC) in New York City to join th…
LGBTQ+
Uncommon Ground: House of Xtravaganza
We wanted to shine a spotlight on underrepresented subcultures through the lens of community and wh…
LGBTQ+
VH1's RuPaul’s Drag Race Out of the Closet S3
With the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Out of the Closet, the objective was to build on the …
LGBTQ+
VH1's RuPaul’s Drag Race S12 RuVeal
The main objective was to harness the uniquely interactive power of Twitter to create a memorable e…
LGBTQ+
We're Here WERQkits
We aimed to drive awareness and buzz among the LGBTQ+ community and allies to promote the premiere …
LGBTQ+
Who We Are: FDA’s LGBT Public Health Campaign
The LGBT community faces many public health disparities, but one of the most pervasive issues doesn…