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 NEW! Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign NEW! Local Campaign Mobile Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign NEW! Regional Campaign NEW! Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Branded Content Branded Series Clapback Contest or Promotion Data Visualization Email NEW! Emojis Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme & GIFs NEW! Micro-site NEW! Native Advertising Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content Voice

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Graphic Art Images Sound NEW! UX/UI Visual Effects

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality 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

Emerging Platform Partnership Facebook Partnership Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership Twitter Patnership YouTube Partnership

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality NEW! Immersive Interactive Content NEW! NFTs NEW!

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence Instant Message Presence NEW! LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence NEW! TikTok Presence Twitter Presence YouTube Presence

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform NEW! TikTok Twitter YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership NEW! Call to Action Chatbots Community Management Creative Use of Technology Customer Service Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential NEW! Fundraising Gamification Globalization Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy NEW! Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television LGBTQ Community Engagement Localization Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring NEW! Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response Search NEW! Shopping Storytelling Takeovers

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast NEW! Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast NEW! Other Podcast Genres NEW! Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast NEW! Sports & Health Podcast NEW! True Crime & Documentary Podcast NEW!

Video

360 Video Animal Video NEW! Comedy Video Dance Video NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video NEW! Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Product Feature Video NEW! Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video NEW! Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series NEW!

From the 5th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best use of Live Streaming Video

This award honors the most creative and effective use of live streaming video in a social good campaign, initiative or project. Entries may include use of live video platforms such as Facebook Live, Instagram Live, Twitter Live/Periscope, Twitch and more.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Live Streaming
winner
I May Destroy You
In support of Michaela Coel’s new show I May Destroy You, a story that takes an authentic look at s…

Finalists

Live Streaming
finalist
"Together at Home" Instagram Concert Series
Global Citizen’s sole focus is to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. But in 2020, with the growing …
Live Streaming
finalist
Celebrity Jackbox: Games & Giving
Jackbox Games was looking for a way to engage its fans across the world during these unique and try…
Live Streaming
finalist
Museum’s Closure Due to COVID-19 Opens New Opportunity to Teach Holocaust History
Each year, 1.7 million visitors tour the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to learn about Hol…
Live Streaming
finalist
Twitch Stream Aid
COVID-19 separated us all—from each other, sports, concerts, movie theatres, and what we knew as no…
Live Streaming
finalist
Verizon - PayItForwardLIVE
In March 2020, COVID-19 brought America to a stand-still. Everyone was sheltering at home, and mill…

Nominees

Live Streaming
finalist
"Together at Home" Instagram Concert Series
Global Citizen’s sole focus is to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. But in 2020, with the growing …
Live Streaming
finalist
Celebrity Jackbox: Games & Giving
Jackbox Games was looking for a way to engage its fans across the world during these unique and try…
Live Streaming
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…
Live Streaming
Hey There, Human
HEY THERE, HUMAN began on March 19, in response to California’s COVID-19 Safer At Home order that w…
Live Streaming
Human By Orientation Pride Site
To the queer community, Pride month is an important time to gather, celebrate, and continue the pur…
Live Streaming
winner
I May Destroy You
In support of Michaela Coel’s new show I May Destroy You, a story that takes an authentic look at s…
Live Streaming
finalist
Museum’s Closure Due to COVID-19 Opens New Opportunity to Teach Holocaust History
Each year, 1.7 million visitors tour the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to learn about Hol…
Live Streaming
No Kid Hungry Live with Busy Philipps
Since 2008, No Kid Hungry has raised over $80M in funds through campaigns like Dine for No Kid Hung…
Live Streaming
Team Liquid Quarathon
The goal was simple: Contribute to the fight against COVID-19 through awareness, fundraising, and a…
Live Streaming
Telemundo & El Poder En Ti - Nuestros Negocios | Hispanic Small Business Covid-19 Response Campaign
The launch of Telemundo’s Nuestros Negocios campaign was a direct response to the devastating blow …
Live Streaming
finalist
Twitch Stream Aid
COVID-19 separated us all—from each other, sports, concerts, movie theatres, and what we knew as no…
Live Streaming
finalist
Verizon - PayItForwardLIVE
In March 2020, COVID-19 brought America to a stand-still. Everyone was sheltering at home, and mill…