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

Of The Year

Commercial Creator of the Year Dual-Format Creator of the Year Large Agency of the Year Large Brand of the Year Large Non-Profit of the Year Mid-Sized Agency of the Year News Creator of the Year Site of the Year Small Agency of the Year Studio of the Year

From the 5th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best Video Series

This award honors the most creative and effective use of a video series such as a digital web series or docu-series to bring awareness to and achieve a social good campaign, initiative, or project.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Video Series
winner
"Together at Home" Instagram Concert Series
Global Citizen’s sole focus is to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. But in 2020, with the growing …

Finalists

Video Series
finalist
gold honor
Justin Bieber: Seasons
The objective of Justin Bieber: Seasons was to invite the audience into an intimate part of Justin’…
Video Series
finalist
Good People
The objective of the series “Good People” is to meet the inspiring changemakers who have dedicated …
Video Series
finalist
Gratitude
We are Olo, the on-demand platform for the restaurant industry, powering digital ordering and deliv…
Video Series
finalist
In The Know: Futurists
Futurists follows industry leaders across all different disciplines who are advancing their fields …
Video Series
finalist
LinkedIn Changemakers launch video series, by Brands2Life
Social media can be a minefield of negativity, therefore a difficult place to have open and honest …
Video Series
finalist
VH1's Black Girl Beauty
The main objective was to create a YouTube series produced by VH1 featuring a panel of celebrity an…

Nominees

Video Series
AARP Purpose Prize 2019-2020
You live. You learn. You give back. No one knows this better than people ages 50 and older, who hav…
Video Series
Brainwashed By Toons
The goal of BRAINWASHED BY TOONS was to educate and inform viewers about how racial bias and sexism…
Video Series
DBS Sparks Season 2: Everyday Heroes for a Better World
The world is facing complex developmental, social and environmental challenges, not to mention hard…
Video Series
Expert Answers from the World Bank Group
“Expert Answers” is the World Bank Group’s flagship video series focused on the latest news and ana…
Video Series
Girls Room
Young people are deeply impacted by on-screen images; what they see shapes their relationship with …
Video Series
Holiday Heroes
Holiday Heroes celebrates individuals who are making a positive impact on their communities during …
Video Series
In The Know: Next Gen
The objective of this series is to highlight Gen Z changemakers who are making amazing strides in t…
Video Series
Love, Me | Video Series from This Free Life
For many LGBT folks, young adulthood can be tumultuous: hardship, growth, stress, belonging. Many y…
Video Series
Need to Know by MTV News
Award-winning journalists Dometi Pongo and Yoonj Kim are the faces of Need To Know, MTV News’ flags…
Video Series
OUTLOUD: Raising Voices
OUTLOUD: Raising Voices began as a live event concept to give a platform to up-and-coming LGBTQ+ mu…
Video Series
Start Here
Al Jazeera Digital’s video explainer series Start Here was created to help people re-engage in impo…
Video Series
Taking Refuge
The Olympic Channel's 2020 original series and social media campaign for Taking Refuge features the…
Video Series
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 …
Video Series
“With Love, Me” presented by Your Cancer Game Plan
Merck Oncology is committed to fighting cancer on all fronts and providing patients and caregivers …