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

Finalists

Weird
finalist
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
finalist
Amy Sedaris
Amy Sedaris has been a staple of the weird comedy scene since her cult show Strangers With Candy. S…
Weird
Baby's names
Twitter feed Baby’s Names is exactly what you think, but exaggerated to the highest degree. With an…
Weird
winner
Bill Wurtz
Bill Wurtz writes catchy six-second jingles with ‘80s-inspired animations designed to get stuck in …
Weird
finalist
Carrot Facts
Parody Twitter accounts full of false facts about mundane objects are a dime a dozen these days, bu…
Weird
Cole Hersch
Cole Hersch is known for his weird Vines, both from his personal account and from his character Cor…
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
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…
Weird
finalist
wolf pupy
Imagine if Mitch Hedburg were reincarnated as a cave-dwelling, baby wolf that had Twitter. With 160…