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 8th 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.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Education
winner
John Jay College Insta-Challenge
For the 1,500 incoming students to John Jay College of Criminal Justice, summer is a time to hang o…

Finalist

Education
finalist
#CongratagradNYU
#CongratagradNYU is an integrated, one-day campaign conducted during New York University's Commence…

Nominees

Education
finalist
#CongratagradNYU
#CongratagradNYU is an integrated, one-day campaign conducted during New York University's Commence…
Education
#LoveWins at Colorado State University
On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality. Colorado State Uni…
Education
#SaidNoSchoolEver
Hefty is the only trash bag that supports Box Tops For Education, one of America's largest school e…
Education
#SciFriEdu on Periscope
For 25 years, the public radio show Science Friday has been a trusted name in science journalism – …
Education
#weareNAFA
Part I: Defining the problemEstablished in 1938, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) is Singapo…
Education
Blue Shirt Day
STOMP Out Bullying™ is the leading national bullying and cyberbullying prevention organization for …
Education
CMC Instagram Engagement
In October 2015, Business Insider named Claremont McKenna College (CMC) the Best College Campus in …
Education
Florida Atlantic University on Instagram
When it comes to building school spirit and pride, Florida Atlantic University is in an interesting…
Education
Harvard Medical School's Visual Storytelling on Instagram
In July 2015 the social media marketing at Harvard Medical School (HMS) was at a crossroads. The go…
Education
Jen Walters: Breaking Barriers
Over the summer, the Arizona Cardinals changed the game by hiring the first female coach in NFL hi…
Education
winner
John Jay College Insta-Challenge
For the 1,500 incoming students to John Jay College of Criminal Justice, summer is a time to hang o…
Education
Our Commitment to EDUCATION is GLOBAL
Southwest University has a presence on Facebook that is tied directly to the brand platform "Our co…
Education
“There’s More to Blue” Campaign Impacts Record-Breaking Enrollment
Indiana State University (ISU) launched the "There's More to Blue" branding campaign to improve awa…