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 Video Series

This award honors the most creative and effective use of a video series (such as a digital web series or docu-series) to bring awareness to social good campaign, initiative, or project.

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

Winner

Video Series
winner
The Love Connection
LGBTQ+ youth experience a heightened risk of depression, anxiety, substance use, and suicide (Russe…

Finalists

Video Series
finalist
gold honor
Logo's Trans Youth Town Hall
In response to the rise in anti-trans legislation across the United States, Logo set out to amplify…
Video Series
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
Smithsonian Channel's Cycle Breakers
The Harpo + Smithsonian Channel documentary “The Color of Care” examines the obvious disparities in…
Video Series
finalist
bronze honor
Smithsonian Channel's Story of a Portrait
Story of A Portrait illuminates the importance of mental health through art and personal storytelli…
Video Series
finalist
CeraVe Heroes Behind the Mask Chapter Two: A Walk In Our Shoes
In 2020, GRADIENT concepted and created CeraVe's Heroes Behind the Mask video series campaign to ho…
Video Series
finalist
Changemakers
The objective of Changemakers is to spotlight Black LGBTQ small business owners and their impact wi…
Video Series
finalist
Thriving Through Food
Thriving Through Food uses food to highlight how, as Americans, we are united by a shared story of …

Nominees

Video Series
Art + Technology Season 4
Hyundai Motor’s have always been strong supporters of the Arts globally with a commitment to foster…
Video Series
finalist
CeraVe Heroes Behind the Mask Chapter Two: A Walk In Our Shoes
In 2020, GRADIENT concepted and created CeraVe's Heroes Behind the Mask video series campaign to ho…
Video Series
finalist
Changemakers
The objective of Changemakers is to spotlight Black LGBTQ small business owners and their impact wi…
Video Series
Every Mother Counts - Choices in Childbirth
The U.S. is the only industrialized nation with a rising maternal mortality rate–ranking lowest in …
Video Series
Indonesia’s 1965 Genocide: Germany’s Unknown War Against Communism
Video Series
Kashmir: Palestine in the Making
Last year, Redfish gained exclusive access to parts of Kashmir normally out of bounds to foreign jo…
Video Series
finalist
gold honor
Logo's Trans Youth Town Hall
In response to the rise in anti-trans legislation across the United States, Logo set out to amplify…
Video Series
MTV's Following: Bretman Rock
During season two of "MTV’s Following: Bretman Rock," Bretman and his loved ones show viewers the u…
Video Series
PBC
FloQast is an accounting technology software company, created by accountants for accountants, with …
Video Series
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
Smithsonian Channel's Cycle Breakers
The Harpo + Smithsonian Channel documentary “The Color of Care” examines the obvious disparities in…
Video Series
finalist
bronze honor
Smithsonian Channel's Story of a Portrait
Story of A Portrait illuminates the importance of mental health through art and personal storytelli…
Video Series
The Kendall Custom
As agency of record for Kendall Motor Oil, Bailey Lauerman (BL) developed their new brand position …
Video Series
winner
The Love Connection
LGBTQ+ youth experience a heightened risk of depression, anxiety, substance use, and suicide (Russe…
Video Series
finalist
Thriving Through Food
Thriving Through Food uses food to highlight how, as Americans, we are united by a shared story of …
Video Series
VH1 x Celebrates Caribbean American Heritage Month
Our goal was to celebrate the Caribbean diaspora through VH1’s linear IP by hosting a month’s worth…
Video Series
You Have To Go To Know PSA Videos
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a group of rare, chronic blood cancers in which the body’s …
Video Series
‘ACADEMY SEEN’ with Nick Barili
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences launched its first ever Latinx focused interview se…