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 Awards Best in Education

Educational institutions, programs and services are eligible for this award. Objectives may include promoting enrollment and school spirit, engaging current students and thought leadership.

Winner

Education
winner
Mute the Mouth: An Above the Influence Game
For teens, confidence doesn't always come easy, especially when forces like peer pressure tend to s…

Finalist

Education
finalist
Bankrate #FutureSelfie Scholarship
Paying for college can be hard (like, really hard), so Bankrate decided to invest in the future of …

Nominees

Education
#Fordham4Me
Fordham University had a unique challenge: influence the yield of its 2014 incoming class while und…
Education
#Minutes4Military
Kaplan University recognizes the sacrifices that servicemembers make every day. Our #Minutes4Milita…
Education
#RowanPROUD
As the cost of higher education continues to increase, prospective college students and their fami…
Education
finalist
Bankrate #FutureSelfie Scholarship
Paying for college can be hard (like, really hard), so Bankrate decided to invest in the future of …
Education
Boston University College of Communication
Boston University's College of Communication has demonstrated success in the development and educat…
Education
HashtagNYU
HashtagNYU aims to connect students to NYU and one another. Innovative and integrated, HashtagNYU b…
Education
It's Time to be a Red Raider
"It's Time to be a Red Raider" is a truly integrated campaign using both direct mail and social med…
Education
winner
Mute the Mouth: An Above the Influence Game
For teens, confidence doesn't always come easy, especially when forces like peer pressure tend to s…
Education
Storytelling the #OnlyatGW Way
At the George Washington University, our students don't have a typical college experience. The GW …
Education
UBC Sauder School of Business - #DiscoverwithSauder Branded Journalism Campaign
The first of its kind in higher education marketing – Applied Arts Magazine called it "branded cont…
Education
University of Houston
#GoCoogs. #CoogsHouse. #CougarRedFriday. University of Houston students, alumni and fans always fin…
Education
Wella Education
Wella Education has created a community where stylists share ideas, blow minds with their collectiv…