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 Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign Regional Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting NEW! Data Visualization Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI NEW! Graphic Art Images Sound & Music UX/UI Visual Effects Website/App NEW!

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Insurance NEW! 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

Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Other Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership X Partnership YouTube Partnership

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Immersive Interactive Content NFTs

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence X Presence YouTube Presence

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast Health & Wellness Podcast NEW! Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast Sports Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT NEW! Customer Experience Earned Media Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television LGBTQ Community Engagement Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response SEO & SEM Social Commerce Storytelling

Video

Comedy Video Dance Video Documentary NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video NEW! Product Feature Video Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 8th Annual Shorty Awards Best in Weird

What can we say about the illustrious “weird" Shorty Award? No, really what can we say? This Shorty is for those out there who are the best Tweeters, Instagrammers, bloggers, Facebook posters, and snappers who... are just so darn weird you can’t help but love them!

Winner

Weird
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Bill Wurtz
Bill Wurtz writes catchy six-second jingles with ‘80s-inspired animations designed to get stuck in …

Finalists

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Amy Sedaris
Amy Sedaris has been a staple of the weird comedy scene since her cult show Strangers With Candy. S…
Weird
finalist
Carrot Facts
Parody Twitter accounts full of false facts about mundane objects are a dime a dozen these days, bu…
Weird
finalist
How To Basic
The unseen and unspeaking Australian YouTube creator responsible for the channel How To Basic could…
Weird
finalist
Megan Amram
First a denizen of Twitter, then a staff writer for NBC’s Parks and Recreation, Megan Amram continu…
Weird
finalist
wolf pupy
Imagine if Mitch Hedburg were reincarnated as a cave-dwelling, baby wolf that had Twitter. With 160…

Nominees

Weird
Baby's names
Twitter feed Baby’s Names is exactly what you think, but exaggerated to the highest degree. With an…
Weird
Cole Hersch
Cole Hersch is known for his weird Vines, both from his personal account and from his character Cor…
Weird
Samir Mezrahi
The social media director of BuzzFeed, Samir Mezrahi will show the 11 best times Steve Buscemi had …
Weird
Simply Sylvio
The Vine work of Simply Sylvio, who says he’s “just an ordinary gorilla trying to live a simple lif…
Weird
Tig Notaro
Tig Notaro is a comedian and actor who appeared on shows like The Sarah Silverman Program before br…
Weird
Valium Village
Valium Village is a Vine account from reality TV editor Michael Bellizzi. Michael takes snippets of…