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 Social Justice

This award honors a program, project, or initiative that seeks to address and dismantle systemic structural and interpersonal inequities based on race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability status and any intersection(s) thereof.

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

Finalists

finalist
gold honor
Inaccessible Cities
Inaccessible Cities is an interactive web experience that offers an intimate look into the everyday…
finalist
silver honor
Chicago: America's Hidden War
As an agency that dedicates our talents and time to help create real change in people who are not b…
finalist
bronze honor
No Kids In Prison Immersive Web Experience
The #NoKidsInPrison Immersive Website Experience reveals the impact of incarceration on young peopl…
finalist
Music for Good
Music can play a powerful role as a form of resistance: It can speak out against injustices and giv…
finalist
My Boston Accents
All Inclusive “My Boston Accent” met the moment by re-articulating the city’s integrity, and captur…
finalist
TAAF's "AAPI Heritage Heroes"
Only 3 percent of top grossing films made since 2007 featured AAPIs in leading roles. When AAPIs ar…
finalist
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…
finalist
audience honor
This Is Us. This Is Care. A Conversation.
With over 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day and 53 million family caregivers in the US, care…
finalist
Trans Sex Workers of Mexico Unite
This doc depicts the struggle of former transgender sex-worker Kenya Cuevas who left sex work after…

Nominees

finalist
silver honor
Chicago: America's Hidden War
As an agency that dedicates our talents and time to help create real change in people who are not b…
Futurists: Lady Phoenix
One of the best ways for a media company to influence social justice is through representation. The…
finalist
gold honor
Inaccessible Cities
Inaccessible Cities is an interactive web experience that offers an intimate look into the everyday…
Indonesia’s 1965 Genocide: Germany’s Unknown War Against Communism
winner
Loopholes
While period poverty is a global issue, there are unique conditions and systemic limitations of U.S…
finalist
Music for Good
Music can play a powerful role as a form of resistance: It can speak out against injustices and giv…
finalist
My Boston Accents
All Inclusive “My Boston Accent” met the moment by re-articulating the city’s integrity, and captur…
finalist
bronze honor
No Kids In Prison Immersive Web Experience
The #NoKidsInPrison Immersive Website Experience reveals the impact of incarceration on young peopl…
Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award
The anti-corruption award is presented annually on the International Anti-Corruption Day (9th Decem…
finalist
TAAF's "AAPI Heritage Heroes"
Only 3 percent of top grossing films made since 2007 featured AAPIs in leading roles. When AAPIs ar…
finalist
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…
finalist
audience honor
This Is Us. This Is Care. A Conversation.
With over 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day and 53 million family caregivers in the US, care…
finalist
Trans Sex Workers of Mexico Unite
This doc depicts the struggle of former transgender sex-worker Kenya Cuevas who left sex work after…