THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Special Project

Special Project

From the 7th Annual Shorty Impact Awards Best in Racial Equality

This award honors a program, project, or initiative fighting discrimination, prejudice and bias based on race in order to provide everyone equal opportunity.

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

Nominees

"Watch Us Rise" AAPI Panel
As part of a continuing series of videos meant to champion ongoing efforts for racial equality in a…
finalist
#BreakUpBigTech
The latest developments around Big Tech and its unfettered influence on our communities nationwide …
finalist
Advancing Racial Equality & Economic Opportunity
As COVID-19 strained community resources, Bank of America marshalled support to critical local life…
Leyden Lewis for The Brooklyn Tower
The Brooklyn Tower is a groundbreaking new achievement from real estate duo JDS Development Group a…
Matter Unlimited Creates Brand Identity for New Nonprofit Black Media Outlet Capital B
Capital B is a first-of-its-kind nonprofit news organization for Black Americans, which combines lo…
finalist
Move Into the Future: An Abundance Sculpture
For years white supremacists have used mass media to drive racist scarcity narratives into our comm…
finalist
silver honor
TAAF's "AAPI Heritage Heroes"
Only 3 percent of top grossing films made since 2007 featured AAPIs in leading roles. When AAPIs ar…
winner
The Beauty of Blackness
The Beauty of Blackness tells the story of the Black beauty industry through the lens of Fashion Fa…
finalist
bronze honor
audience honor
The Creator House Approach
CHALLENGE & CONTEXT DIRECTV was relaunching their brand along with a refreshed name and vibe for t…
finalist
The Crown Act - Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair
The impact of hair discrimination cannot be overstated. Schools and workplaces across the country o…
finalist
gold honor
The Myth
This year, we continue to witness devastating levels of violence, both physical and non-physical, a…
finalist
The Other Side
For any outsider looking in, Asian Americans seem like a successful group of people that has succes…
United By Our Uniqueness: Black and African American
UNITED BY OUR UNIQUENESS is an internal and external brand campaign, for Cox Enterprises, that focu…