THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

Campaign by a Black-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Latinx/Hispanic-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a LGBTQ+ Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Native/Indigenous-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Woman-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by an Asian-Owned Business NEW! Corporate Social Responsibility NEW! Fundraising Campaign NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign NEW! Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Pro Bono Social Movement

By Cause

Activism Campaign NEW! Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Civic Engagement Clean Energy NEW! Clean Water & Sanitation NEW! Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Education Emergency Relief Environment Gender Equality Human Rights Humanitarian Aid Hunger & Food Insecurity Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Poverty Public Health Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

Automotive NEW! Business to Business NEW! Education NEW! Entertainment Fashion and Beauty NEW! Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness NEW! News & Media Nonprofit Restaurants NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

By Platform

Emerging Platform Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Twitch Twitter YouTube

Content and Strategy

Branded Content NEW! Branded Series NEW! Call to Action Community Management Contest or Promotion Creative Use of Technology NEW! Email & Newsletters NEW! Employee Engagement Fundraising Humor Infographics NEW! Live Events Meme and GIFs NEW! Micro-Influencer Strategy NEW! Paid and Amplification Podcast PSA Real Time Response Single Post Storytelling User Generated Content Video

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project NEW!

Video Content

Animations Documentary Short Live Streaming Long Form Video NEW! Short Form Video NEW! Video Series Virtual Reality

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.
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Storytelling
ALIMA US: We Are The Solution
We Are The Solution was a 2022 brand awareness campaign by ALIMA, the Alliance for International Me…
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
Dream Village: A refuge for India's former sex workers
Our Better World (OBW) is the digital storytelling initiative of the Singapore International Founda…
Storytelling
Future of Work
The pandemic upended expectations and plans for entry-level and early career workers, leaving an en…
Storytelling
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
Good Ideas Deserve to be Found (Facebook/Meta)
Hidden Gems: Support of local & sustainable businesses Meta (previously Facebook) wanted to shin…
Storytelling
Immigrant Made
Our zine arrives in the midst of a nationwide effort by conservatives to stamp out and erase the co…
Storytelling
Juneteenth Education Campaign
With Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday, the creative agency Iron Light teamed up with Hea…
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
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
Made Ready to Drive Forward with Citizens
Military service is a bond like no other. Yet, despite their different journeys and the tremendo…
Storytelling
Reawakened Foods Initiative
The world has lost 75 percent of plant genetic diversity since the 1900s. Farmers worldwide have…
Storytelling
TAAF's "AAPI Heritage Heroes"
Only 3 percent of top grossing films made since 2007 featured AAPIs in leading roles. When AAPIs ar…
Storytelling
The Other Side
For any outsider looking in, Asian Americans seem like a successful group of people that has succes…
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…