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 Games

This award honors game makers and marketers who've tapped into social media in a creative way to effectively engage current gamers and grow their audience. Both online and mobile games and apps are eligible for this award.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winners

Games
winner
LEGO Dimensions: The Ultimate Social Media Collaboration
Encompassing the most epic collection of pop culture worlds, including The Lord of the Rings, DC Co…
Games
winner
HUNT the TRUTH Audio Series
When you were once the biggest video game franchise in the world, you don't lack awareness. Relevan…

Finalists

Games
finalist
bronze honor
Madden: The Movie
Staying relevant with teens year after year is no easy task, but it is essential to the survival of…
Games
finalist
Best Fiends “World’s Biggest Mobile Treasure Hunt"
Seriously is developing Pixar quality games designed to be developed into global entertainment prop…
Games
finalist
Cedar Point Catch-a-Ghost
During the Halloween season, Cedar Point Amusement Park needed to get teens not only talking abou…

Nominees

Games
finalist
Best Fiends “World’s Biggest Mobile Treasure Hunt"
Seriously is developing Pixar quality games designed to be developed into global entertainment prop…
Games
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Reveal - Transmedia Narrative Novella
Business Goals: Reveal the new world of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and set up its campaign to becom…
Games
finalist
Cedar Point Catch-a-Ghost
During the Halloween season, Cedar Point Amusement Park needed to get teens not only talking abou…
Games
winner
HUNT the TRUTH Audio Series
When you were once the biggest video game franchise in the world, you don't lack awareness. Relevan…
Games
winner
LEGO Dimensions: The Ultimate Social Media Collaboration
Encompassing the most epic collection of pop culture worlds, including The Lord of the Rings, DC Co…
Games
finalist
bronze honor
Madden: The Movie
Staying relevant with teens year after year is no easy task, but it is essential to the survival of…
Games
Xbox Jump Ahead Campaign
The Xbox One is the only place to play the greatest games lineup this year, like Halo 5: Guardians,…
Games
Xbox One Innovation Guy
To drive awareness for Xbox One's newest features and most recent innovations- including backward c…