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 News

This award recognizes the most effective use of social media to disseminate news and information. Submissions for both coverage of specific news events and for overall performance will be accepted.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

News
winner
The New Yorker on Social Media
The New Yorker's social media objective is to extend the brand's reach—and translate its iconic voi…

Finalists

News
finalist
AJ+
AJ+ is Al Jazeera's digital-only offshoot, launched in September 2014 to build a new kind of media …
News
finalist
Lucy The Robot
BackgroundGlobal technology company, Double Robotics, wanted to launch into the Australian market w…
News
finalist
What Is Code?
What is code? The modern world is built on it. You rely on it from the moment your alarm clock wake…

Nominees

News
4NewsWall
Channel 4 News approached 4creative with a challenge to engage 16-34 year olds in a new, exciting a…
News
finalist
AJ+
AJ+ is Al Jazeera's digital-only offshoot, launched in September 2014 to build a new kind of media …
News
CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS’ DINNER
CNN wanted to provide an interactive and engaging experience for their viewers and give them an ins…
News
Election 2016: Too Many Cooks
In Spring 2015, dozens of politicians from both parties were considering a bid for the presidency. …
News
Fox News & Facebook Live Debate
For the first Republican Presidential Debate of the 2016 election, Fox News wanted to make the deba…
News
How Long It Took Police to Arrest a Retired NFL Star for Rape (by ProPublica)
Last year, ProPublica investigated the cross-country rape spree of retired NFL star Darren Sharper.…
News
Law and Batting Order
"Law and Batting Order" is a video blog created and hosted by New York Law School graduate Tony Ili…
News
finalist
Lucy The Robot
BackgroundGlobal technology company, Double Robotics, wanted to launch into the Australian market w…
News
MSNBC Digital Decision 2014 and 2016
For MSNBC's audience of political junkies, election season is akin to the the NFL playoffs and an e…
News
TestTube News
Focused on asking curious and everyday questions about the world, culture, politics, conflict and b…
News
winner
The New Yorker on Social Media
The New Yorker's social media objective is to extend the brand's reach—and translate its iconic voi…
News
finalist
What Is Code?
What is code? The modern world is built on it. You rely on it from the moment your alarm clock wake…