THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Special Project

Special Project

Podcast

This category honors the most creative and effective use of podcasting with a pro-social objective.

See previous winners and honorees here.
All About Change Podcast Submission
ALL ABOUT CHANGE is a powerful and inspiring podcast that gives listeners a glimpse into the lives …
American Genocide: The Crimes of Native American Boarding Schools
In May 2022, the Department of the Interior released Volume 1 of their investigative report on the …
Being Black: The 80s
Our goal was to produce a scholarly audio documentary about Black music and the critical issues of …
Big Brains Podcast
The Big Brains podcast explores the world of ideas by engaging with the pioneering research and piv…
Celebrating Black Stories: Black History Month 2023 Podcast Series
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) is committed to driving consumer demand for movies, bo…
Dear Culture - Tru'ish Black Stories
Our goal was to honor Black History Month in an unexpected and creative way.   Black movies are …
Dear Headspace
Dear Headspace is a weekly call-in show for anyone who's ever wished they had a personal mindfulnes…
GLOW CRE Podcast
According to the 2020 CREW Network Benchmark Study: Gender and Diversity in Real Estate, women occu…
HIV unmuted: Put people first
It has been 40 years since AIDS was first reported, and it is now possible to end all new HIV infec…
Hindsight
Hindsight brings to life some of history’s extraordinary figures for those who want to know about t…
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay Shetty, a global bestselling author, podcast host, and purpose-driven entrepreneur, has made an…
Operation: Tradebom
Operation: Tradebom was created to offer a deeper understanding of the 1993 bombing of The World Tr…
Red, Blue, and Brady
Red, Blue, and Brady (RBB), proudly presented by one of the nation's most esteemed gun violence pre…
She Pivots
We're in the midst of a societal shift - typical definitions of success have changed dramatically a…
Signal for Help/Appel à l’aide Podcast
Gender-based violence is a crisis in Canada. Every six days, a woman in Canada is killed by her int…
Table Read Podcast
Table Read is a one-of-a-kind podcast that brings the excitement of a live theater performance, the…
The Blackest Questions
The heart of the Blackest Questions is Black History trivia and recognizing the unsung accomplishme…
The Fight of My Life: Finding Ruby
“How can we use story to turn an issue that nobody wants to engage with into something gripping; so…
The Man Enough Podcast
For two years, the Man Enough Podcast has been exploring what it means to be a man today and how ri…
The Perfect Scam
Fraud is a billion-dollar industry affecting people of all ages, across all walks of life. Transnat…
The Problem with Jon Stewart: The Official Podcast
“The Problem with Jon Stewart” (the official podcast) is a weekly podcast hosted by Jon Stewart tha…
The WCS Wild Audio Podcast from the Wildlife Conservation Society
The WCS Wild Audio Podcast launched in June, 2022 in an effort to share inspiring stories of conser…
TheGrio Daily
As a Black-owned media company, our mission is to amplify Black voices in a relevant, unapologetic,…
UNSUGARCOATED with Aalia
Presenting "UNSUGARCOATED™ with Aalia" – a trailblazing podcast produced and hosted by UNSUGARCOATE…
Understood.org's ADHD Aha! Podcast Series
Learning and thinking differences, such as ADHD and dyslexia, are invisible disabilities that can i…
Views on First
With Elon Musk dismantling Twitter, and the Supreme Court poised to consider cases that could profo…
Why we need Drag Story Hour
Epicenter-NYC aimed to shed a true light on the importance of Drag Story Hours in NYC and what actu…