THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

From the 7th Annual Shorty Awards Best Use of a Hashtag

The humble #hashtag emerged as a grassroots invention by Twitter users, for categorizing and sharing tweets. Now, viral hashtags are a major way to follow top news stories, celebrities, products and trends. This award honors the most creative and effective use of hashtags across any platform for a specific brand, cause, marketing campaign, product, or service.

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Nominees

#ASmartCookie for ORGANIX Jerky Chip Cookies
Objective:Generated interest in Castor & Pollux' new ORGANIX Jerky Chip Cookies with pet parents, p…
#AaronsBack
Aaron Livesy was Emmerdale's misunderstood bad boy with a big heart. Saving his best friend Adam, c…
#AprendizCelebridades (The Celebrity Apprentice Brazil), 1st edition
The first edition of The Celebrity Apprentice (Aprendiz Celebridades) in Brazil outstands itself fo…
#AskManUtd
Objective: As a new sponsor of the Premier League team, Manchester United, we needed to insert ours…
#CarlsbergTalk with LFC
#CarlsbergTalk is a monthly event produced by Carlsberg, the longest serving commercial Partner in …
#IKEAselfie
The social truth is: IKEA fans invented the selfie. The internet is full of self-portraits taken by…
#ItsMillerTime
It's Miller Time is iconic. A classic tagline that'll live on for generations. It belongs to Mille…
#MTVStars of 2014
What:#MTVStars of 2014 was a social media voting campaign of enormous scale.The campaign involved u…
#OneLessStranger
Objective: Our objective was to launch an audacious social experiment to rid the world of strangers…
#SHAPEMATTERS and the Full Exposure Palette
Launching our new Full Exposure Palette in a crowded marketplace dominated by powerful competitors …
#SignOfLove
In 2013, Russia signed into law a bill banning the 'propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations t…
#myHealthie – A Healthy Selfie Social Engagement Contest
Cigna knows that people love being noticed and recognized. This campaign was designed to create pos…
5 Days of Equality
Over 5 days, the world recognized the marriages of 31 same-sex couples in Australia.
@midnight #HashtagWars
@midnight is more than a late night game show, it is an immersive 24/7 experience that is constantl…
DDTyme
Dunkin' Donuts wanted to create a coffee promotion to reach Millennials. We added Julian Edelman of…
Hulu #TBTV – Throw Back Television
This creative exploration series was designed to promote the deep content library of titles in Hulu…
Jared The Galleria of Jewelry Summer Bridal Program #BRIDEnBEYOND
To generate awareness of Jared® The Galleria Of Jewelry around the summer Bridal time period, the b…
Nespresso #TheCoffeeRevolution at SXSW
Nespresso had struggled to find an audience in the US with its European-influenced quality and luxu…
Papa John’s Better #Bendgate
Objective: Leverage the popular Twitter trending topic #Bendgate—which was elevated with the launch…
Proud to Play
2014 was a big year for the LGBT community. We wanted to build on that momentum by tapping into the…
Volvo #JoyrideLive
Volvo needed to bring to life the 2015 XC60 Drive-E for a new set of consumers – passionate about c…
Wonders of South America Blogger FAM Series
To further the brands' already existing Only in South America campaign, LAN Airlines & TAM Airli…
World Cup 2014 Twitter Visualization
Objective of CampaignThe #armswideopen campaign wanted to capture the global nature and passion of …
Xbox Levels Up with #WhyIGame
A simple question: "Why do you play Xbox?". A simple hashtag: #WhyIGame. A simple strategy: Develop…