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 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.

Winner

Racial Equality
winner
The Beauty of Blackness
The Beauty of Blackness tells the story of the Black beauty industry through the lens of Fashion Fa…

Finalists

Racial Equality
finalist
gold honor
The Myth
This year, we continue to witness devastating levels of violence, both physical and non-physical, a…
Racial Equality
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…
Racial Equality
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…
Racial Equality
finalist
#BreakUpBigTech
The latest developments around Big Tech and its unfettered influence on our communities nationwide …
Racial Equality
finalist
Advancing Racial Equality & Economic Opportunity
As COVID-19 strained community resources, Bank of America marshalled support to critical local life…
Racial Equality
finalist
Move Into the Future: An Abundance Sculpture
For years white supremacists have used mass media to drive racist scarcity narratives into our comm…
Racial Equality
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…
Racial Equality
finalist
The Other Side
For any outsider looking in, Asian Americans seem like a successful group of people that has succes…

Nominees

Racial Equality
"Watch Us Rise" AAPI Panel
As part of a continuing series of videos meant to champion ongoing efforts for racial equality in a…
Racial Equality
finalist
#BreakUpBigTech
The latest developments around Big Tech and its unfettered influence on our communities nationwide …
Racial Equality
finalist
Advancing Racial Equality & Economic Opportunity
As COVID-19 strained community resources, Bank of America marshalled support to critical local life…
Racial Equality
Leyden Lewis for The Brooklyn Tower
The Brooklyn Tower is a groundbreaking new achievement from real estate duo JDS Development Group a…
Racial Equality
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…
Racial Equality
finalist
Move Into the Future: An Abundance Sculpture
For years white supremacists have used mass media to drive racist scarcity narratives into our comm…
Racial Equality
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…
Racial Equality
winner
The Beauty of Blackness
The Beauty of Blackness tells the story of the Black beauty industry through the lens of Fashion Fa…
Racial Equality
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…
Racial Equality
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…
Racial Equality
finalist
gold honor
The Myth
This year, we continue to witness devastating levels of violence, both physical and non-physical, a…
Racial Equality
finalist
The Other Side
For any outsider looking in, Asian Americans seem like a successful group of people that has succes…
Racial Equality
United By Our Uniqueness: Black and African American
UNITED BY OUR UNIQUENESS is an internal and external brand campaign, for Cox Enterprises, that focu…