THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Campaign

Awareness Campaign Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Diverse-Owned Businesses Campaign Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Multicultural Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Social Movement Campaign

Content & Design

Audio & Music Brand Voice NEW! Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Email & Newsletter NEW! Feature Film Gamification NEW! Images Interactive Content Long Form Video Medium Length Video NEW! Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports Short Form Video Video Series

Cause

Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Emergency Relief Environment & Sustainability Fight Poverty Gender Equality Human Rights Immigration & Refugees Learning & Development LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative Other Causes NEW! Public Health Public Safety Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Responsible Technology NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

Industry

Automotive Business to Business Consumer Brands Education Entertainment Fashion & Beauty Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness News & Media Non-Profit Other Industry NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

Partnerships

Brand Partnership NEW! Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Nonprofit Partnership Other Partnerships NEW!

Platforms & Technology

Extended Reality Gaming Generative AI Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok YouTube

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Guerrilla Marketing Integration with Traditional Media NEW! Paid Media PSA Single Post Storytelling Use of Viral Content NEW! User Generated Content

From the 5th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best in Social Justice

This award honors a program, project, or initiative that seeks to address and dismantle systemic structural and interpersonal inequities based on race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability status and any intersection(s) thereof.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Social Justice
winner
Brainwashed By Toons
The goal of BRAINWASHED BY TOONS was to educate and inform viewers about how racial bias and sexism…

Finalists

Social Justice
finalist
#BlackLivesMatter
As a place that fosters connection and conversation, OkCupid wanted to share its commitment to supp…
Social Justice
finalist
Bear Witness: Take Action
Bear Witness: Take Action was a conversation aimed to unite and inspire YouTube's global community …
Social Justice
finalist
Lift Every Voice: Black History Month
Celebrate and honestly reflect the experience of modern life through the lens of the Black communit…
Social Justice
finalist
Protest + Vote = Change
2020 has caused the entire nation — in fact, the entire world — to reckon with the injustices and i…
Social Justice
finalist
Talk Boring to Me
"Talk Boring to Me" is a six-episode animated YouTube series exploring the most relevant social iss…
Social Justice
finalist
Vegas' Parking Lot Solution to Covid Homelessness Crisis
To show the effects of the covid-19 crisis on the unseen and most vulnerable members of our comm…

Nominees

Social Justice
"No More..." Hashtag Campaign
“No More…” was a campaign initially born out of the frustration surrounding the Ahmaud Arbery case …
Social Justice
#BoldMoves
"There are many factors that contribute to shaping an environment in which sexual assault has becom…
Social Justice
AMC Networks Black History Month PSA Campaign
Since 2014, AMC Networks has raise awareness around the historical importance and modern-day signif…
Social Justice
Color & Capital For Good: An Eastern Bank initiative dedicated to closing Boston’s racial wealth gap
With over 200 years in existence and a mantra of doing what's right and smart, Eastern Bank's deep-…
Social Justice
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…
Social Justice
How America Created Its Shameful Wealth Gap with Solana Rice and Robert Reich
Inequality Media’s vision is a United States where active participation by informed citizens restor…
Social Justice
In The Know Next Gen: Alliyah Logan
The objective of this series is to highlight Millennial and Gen Z changemakers who are making amazi…
Social Justice
Teaching with Testimony, an educational program created in partnership between USC Shoah Foundation
As we’ve seen in recent protests about racial inequality and movements for increased diversity, you…