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 Use of Storytelling

This award honors the the most compelling and shareable social good campaigns, projects and initiatives using effective storytelling to reach a certain goal or objective.

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

Winner

Storytelling
winner
Dream Village: A refuge for India's former sex workers
Our Better World (OBW) is the digital storytelling initiative of the Singapore International Founda…

Finalists

Storytelling
finalist
gold honor
Juneteenth Education Campaign
With Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday, the creative agency Iron Light teamed up with Hea…
Storytelling
finalist
silver honor
The Other Side
For any outsider looking in, Asian Americans seem like a successful group of people that has succes…
Storytelling
finalist
bronze honor
Immigrant Made
Our zine arrives in the midst of a nationwide effort by conservatives to stamp out and erase the co…
Storytelling
finalist
ALIMA US: We Are The Solution
We Are The Solution was a 2022 brand awareness campaign by ALIMA, the Alliance for International Me…
Storytelling
finalist
Future of Work
The pandemic upended expectations and plans for entry-level and early career workers, leaving an en…
Storytelling
finalist
Global Movie Day | 3rd Annual (2022)
The third annual Global Movie Day was held on Saturday, February 12, 2022. This year's objectives f…
Storytelling
finalist
Good Ideas Deserve to be Found (Facebook/Meta)
Hidden Gems: Support of local & sustainable businesses Meta (previously Facebook) wanted to shin…
Storytelling
finalist
audience honor
MTV's Siesta Key - Power to Decide
In the season 4 finale of Siesta Key, cast member Madisson shared her experience of losing her baby…
Storytelling
finalist
Made Ready to Drive Forward with Citizens
Military service is a bond like no other. Yet, despite their different journeys and the tremendo…
Storytelling
finalist
Reawakened Foods Initiative
The world has lost 75 percent of plant genetic diversity since the 1900s. Farmers worldwide have…
Storytelling
finalist
TAAF's "AAPI Heritage Heroes"
Only 3 percent of top grossing films made since 2007 featured AAPIs in leading roles. When AAPIs ar…

Nominees

Storytelling
Chevron's 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report Launch Campaign
The 2020 Corporate Sustainability Report (released in May 2021) was designed to highlight how the p…
Storytelling
MTV's Following: Bretman Rock
During season two of "MTV’s Following: Bretman Rock," Bretman and his loved ones show viewers the u…
Storytelling
Tidewater/Getty Pipeline Project
Last fall, Chevron partnered with the National Park Service and the Musconetcong Watershed Associa…
Storytelling
Traditional Healers partner with FHI 360 to provide HIV Services
Through photos, examples and voices, this piece tells the story of how FHI 360 works with tradition…