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 7th Annual Shorty Impact Awards Best Branded Content

This award honors the most effective and creative use of branded content by a brand, agency or organization to promote a pro-social cause.

Winner

Branded Content
winner
Rockstar Energy “Respect The Hustle”
This project aimed to empower LA’s street food vendors, who struggle to work in the face of strict …

Finalists

Branded Content
finalist
gold honor
Bridging the Gap
Whether it be a product, experience, or space, meaningful representation starting at the beginning …
Branded Content
finalist
silver honor
The Park Bench
Medical debt and disparities in health and wealth in America affects close to 50% of Americans and …
Branded Content
finalist
bronze honor
The Beauty of Blackness
The Beauty of Blackness tells the story of the Black beauty industry through the lens of Fashion Fa…
Branded Content
finalist
A Winning Mindset (IPC & Allianz)
A Winning Mindset is a podcast like no other: Guests and the host all have a disability and tell ph…
Branded Content
finalist
Google x YouTube BrandConnect
Despite there being more than a billion disabled people globally, accessibility is still frequently…
Branded Content
finalist
Horizon Worlds "Be You"
Since launch, Horizon Worlds has become so many different things for visitors and creators from acr…
Branded Content
finalist
audience honor
How to Travel Better
When we step out into the world, we are forever transformed by the places, cultures and people we e…
Branded Content
finalist
United Esports x Tampax
When world-renowned brand Procter & Gamble turned to United Esports (UE) to increase brand awarenes…
Branded Content
finalist
“Force Multiplier”: A Podcast from Salesforce.org Where Action Meets Impact
“Force Multiplier” is an original podcast that brings technology, culture, and community together t…

Nominees

Branded Content
finalist
A Winning Mindset (IPC & Allianz)
A Winning Mindset is a podcast like no other: Guests and the host all have a disability and tell ph…
Branded Content
finalist
gold honor
Bridging the Gap
Whether it be a product, experience, or space, meaningful representation starting at the beginning …
Branded Content
finalist
Google x YouTube BrandConnect
Despite there being more than a billion disabled people globally, accessibility is still frequently…
Branded Content
H&R Block and Nextdoor are back at it, bringing neighbors together to improve their communities
H&R Block wanted to raise awareness of its Make Every Block Better community impact platform, which…
Branded Content
Halo "Reflecting the Real World in Sci-Fi" Panel
In its adaptation for Paramount+, “Halo” takes place in the universe that first came to be in 2001 …
Branded Content
finalist
Horizon Worlds "Be You"
Since launch, Horizon Worlds has become so many different things for visitors and creators from acr…
Branded Content
finalist
audience honor
How to Travel Better
When we step out into the world, we are forever transformed by the places, cultures and people we e…
Branded Content
Non-Profit Best in Financial Health
The mission of The Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship is to make financ…
Branded Content
OHZI INTERACTIVE
We want to design and create the UI/UX of the future, but before that, we needed a website. OHZI…
Branded Content
Robinhood Superapp Website
Lockdowns during the COVID pandemic were big catalyst for delivery services growth.   However, cons…
Branded Content
winner
Rockstar Energy “Respect The Hustle”
This project aimed to empower LA’s street food vendors, who struggle to work in the face of strict …
Branded Content
finalist
bronze honor
The Beauty of Blackness
The Beauty of Blackness tells the story of the Black beauty industry through the lens of Fashion Fa…
Branded Content
finalist
silver honor
The Park Bench
Medical debt and disparities in health and wealth in America affects close to 50% of Americans and …
Branded Content
finalist
United Esports x Tampax
When world-renowned brand Procter & Gamble turned to United Esports (UE) to increase brand awarenes…
Branded Content
finalist
“Force Multiplier”: A Podcast from Salesforce.org Where Action Meets Impact
“Force Multiplier” is an original podcast that brings technology, culture, and community together t…