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

From the 7th Annual Shorty Impact Awards Best in LGBTQ+

This award honors a program, project, or initiative fighting discrimination of persons based on their sexual orientation or gender identity and advocating for equal rights and acceptance.

See previous winners and honorees here. The Shorty Impact Awards were formerly known as Shorty Social Good Awards.

Winner

LGBTQ+
winner
#RealVoicesofPride
In 72 countries LGBTQIA+ people are discriminated against by law. In six of countries, homosexualit…

Finalists

LGBTQ+
finalist
gold honor
Lt. Governor's Fund For the Fabulous
Last year, North Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson (he/him) went on an all-out assault o…
LGBTQ+
finalist
silver honor
Nuclear Family: Storybook Families
Nuclear Family is a three-part documentary series following filmmaker Ry Russo-Young as she turns t…
LGBTQ+
finalist
bronze honor
VH1's RuPaul’s Drag Race LGBTQ Herstory Month
In recognition of LGBT History Month (October), the RuPaul’s Drag Race team gathered and photograph…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Enterprise Bingo
Paramount+’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds serves as a spin-off of Star Trek: Discovery. The series…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Harry's Pride 2022 Initiative
Since launching in 2013, Harry’s has set aside 1% of all sales to its diverse group of non-profit p…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Horizon Worlds "Be You"
Since launch, Horizon Worlds has become so many different things for visitors and creators from acr…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Human By Orientation Pride 2022
Our mission was to amplify local Pride celebrations, while driving HBO Max brand affinity and aware…
LGBTQ+
finalist
LGBTQ Nation's "Authentic Voices of Pride," presented by Chevrolet
General Motors’ vision is to be “the most inclusive company in the world”.  GM’s brand Chevrolet so…
LGBTQ+
finalist
LGBTQ+: Proud Partners of Progress
Our team partnered with Nissan to help advance their commitment to supporting and celebrating the L…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Lil Nas X Promotes Safe Sex with Durex
Sex is healthy. Sex is also real, fun, and honest. But how is sex also in a health crisis, especial…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Livin' My Truth McDonald's Pride Activations
We supported McDonald’s franchises in four markets, representing over 800 restaurants. This year, D…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Logo's Trans Youth Town Hall
In response to the rise in anti-trans legislation across the United States, Logo set out to amplify…
LGBTQ+
finalist
LoveTravels with Love Letters
LoveTravels represents Marriott’s love letter to the world. It’s our commitment to making the world…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Nespresso x Ali Forney Center
Nespresso came to Accompany Creative to develop an integrated social impact platform with the goal …
LGBTQ+
finalist
OPI X Biqtch Puddin’
In support of The Trevor Project, OPI collaborated with Biqtch Puddin’ and Jellysmack to drive awar…
LGBTQ+
finalist
OUTLOUD Raising Voices
JJLA’s OUTLOUD brand is a music event series which creates safe physical and digital spaces for que…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Orbitz “Travel As You Are”
The cause we set out to support was LGBTQIA+ inclusion in travel. As a travel brand with a 20-year …
LGBTQ+
finalist
Pride Eve Social Telethon
The Pride Eve social telethon/simulcast brought together all sides of the LGBTQ+ community to not o…
LGBTQ+
finalist
SORT OF Season 1 - The Future Is Theirs
To celebrate the series premiere of HBO Max’s Sort Of, we aimed to develop a campaign that would no…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Trans Scripts
The rich dimensional lives of trans people were the subject of this integrated effort created by OB…
LGBTQ+
finalist
audience honor
Uber ‘Right to Pride’ National Coming Out Day 2021
Uber exists to make real life easier to navigate, believe in everyone’s right to move, and live fre…
LGBTQ+
finalist
VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14 Pink Carpet
Everyone from Season 13 winner Symone to the Queens of Drag Race Live sashayed down the pink carpet…
LGBTQ+
finalist
Writing Our Own Dictionary
Writing Our Own Dictionary is a 4-part compelling, entertaining and informative web series where we…

Nominees

LGBTQ+
HangarFour Creative x Indeed – 'Take Pride!' Live
Indeed is on a mission to help all people get jobs and is driven by the fact that better work contr…
LGBTQ+
LGBTQ2S+
ITWC created this event in collaboration with organizations that focus on Technology-based groups t…
LGBTQ+
Paramount+ 2022 Pride Campaign
Paramount+ strives every day to uplift the wonderful people that are part of community movements bo…
LGBTQ+
The Truth Is
The mission of In The Know: The Truth Is is to create a roundtable series hosted by Chella Man and …
LGBTQ+
Trans Sex Workers of Mexico Unite
This doc depicts the struggle of former transgender sex-worker Kenya Cuevas who left sex work after…
LGBTQ+
YouTube Shorts Pride Challenge
In celebration of Pride month, YouTube tasked XX Artists to authentically partner with influential …