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 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
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
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
The Kendall Custom
As agency of record for Kendall Motor Oil, Bailey Lauerman (BL) developed their new brand position …
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…