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 in Public Health

This award honors a program, project, or initiative that seeks to promote and protect the health of people and the communities they live, learn, work, and play in.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Public Health
winner
Cover smart. Do your part. Slow the spread.
In May 2020, three months into the COVID-19 pandemic, there was confusion and a need for clear info…

Finalists

Public Health
finalist
"Meth. We're on it." The anti-drug campaign that worked.
Blind to gender, age, cultural background and socioeconomic level, methamphetamine’s devastating ef…
Public Health
finalist
Big Facts, Small Acts: Cover Our Community
TO ENCOURAGE OUR MOST VULNERABLE TO COVER UP AND WEAR MASKS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNI…
Public Health
finalist
DiDi Hero
When the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit Australia, rideshare service DiDi had an opportuni…
Public Health
finalist
We Are The Countervirus
With offices in some of the earliest-hit and hardest-hit areas—including Hong Kong and NYC—we exper…
Public Health
finalist
Your Family. Your Home. Our Healthcare Heroes. Protecting Them All.
The world was brought to its knees this year by an unseen enemy. COVID-19 pushed our health communi…

Nominees

Public Health
finalist
"Meth. We're on it." The anti-drug campaign that worked.
Blind to gender, age, cultural background and socioeconomic level, methamphetamine’s devastating ef…
Public Health
A Lockdown Lifeline in South Africa
South Africa has been one of the countries worst affected worldwide by the coronavirus (covid-19) p…
Public Health
AARP's Coronavirus FACTS Digital Series
The Coronavirus Facts series brings important health and safety information to viewers in a visuall…
Public Health
AARP: Helping the 50+ Community Navigate COVID-19
In March 2020, the United States was plunged into the COVID-19 pandemic. As a society, we were deal…
Public Health
AIDS LifeCycle
This year, HBO’s Human By Orientation initiative partnered with AIDS/LifeCycle to raise awareness a…
Public Health
AMC Networks’ We’re With You PSA Campaign
During the outbreak of COVID-19 and the rapid change of day-to-day life, AMC Networks sought to cre…
Public Health
American Airlines & Stand Up To Cancer - Life's Journeys
This 2019 campaign consisted of three main goals: to increase campaign awareness, customer engageme…
Public Health
finalist
Big Facts, Small Acts: Cover Our Community
TO ENCOURAGE OUR MOST VULNERABLE TO COVER UP AND WEAR MASKS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNI…
Public Health
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO, powered by UN Foundation
COVID-19 showed us that diseases don’t respect borders; that humanity is only as strong as our weak…
Public Health
winner
Cover smart. Do your part. Slow the spread.
In May 2020, three months into the COVID-19 pandemic, there was confusion and a need for clear info…
Public Health
finalist
DiDi Hero
When the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit Australia, rideshare service DiDi had an opportuni…
Public Health
FDA’s FRESH EMPIRE Campaign: “Don’t Sleep on the Facts”
Research shows nearly 5 million multicultural youth are open to smoking or already experimenting wi…
Public Health
Global Goal: Unite for Our Future
Global Citizen’s sole focus is to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. But in 2020, with the growing …
Public Health
In The Know Next Gen: Nadya Okamoto
The objective of this series was to highlight Millennial and Gen Z changemakers who are making amaz…
Public Health
It Takes a Village: AHA Brings Their Community Together to Respond to COVID-19
When #GivingTuesdayNow announced their global day of giving set for May 5th as an emergency respons…
Public Health
NYC Care: UNLOCK Access to Health Care
In NYC, we believe everybody deserves access to health care regardless of immigration status and in…
Public Health
One World: Together at Home
Global Citizen’s sole focus is to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. But in 2020, with the growing …
Public Health
Profiles in Resilience Poster Series
To do our part in the fight against HIV, W2O is incredibly fortunate to partner with the Internatio…
Public Health
Rare As One
Rare disease is anything but rare. As many as 7,000 rare diseases affect 400 million people globall…
Public Health
THE AD COUNCIL & THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION: LISTENLINE FACEBOOK CAMPAIGN
In November 2019, the Ad Council and Alzheimer’s Association partnered with WNYC Studios podcast Sn…
Public Health
Ventilator SOS
Objectives: Generate widespread awareness of Ventilator SOS and its mission   Spark donatio…
Public Health
finalist
We Are The Countervirus
With offices in some of the earliest-hit and hardest-hit areas—including Hong Kong and NYC—we exper…
Public Health
When Public Health Means Business
Public health is crucial to every aspect of life. It impacts business, social and economic decision…
Public Health
finalist
Your Family. Your Home. Our Healthcare Heroes. Protecting Them All.
The world was brought to its knees this year by an unseen enemy. COVID-19 pushed our health communi…
Public Health
Youth Services During COVID-19
The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) strives to protect and promote the health of …