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 Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation Use of Viral Content User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Audio & Music Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI Graphic Art Images Website/App

Industry

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

Overall Presence

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

Platforms & Technology

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Facebook Immersive Instagram Interactive Content LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Podcast

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

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Integration with Traditional Media Internal Communications 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 Documentary Feature Film NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video Product Feature Video Short Form Video Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 9th Annual Shorty Impact Awards Call to Action

This award honors the most creative and effective use of a call to action in a social good campaign, original content or initiative. Efforts should educate, inspire and activate, prompting an immediate response in the target audience.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Finalists

Call to Action
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#AccessibleAirTravel
The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has been a leader in advocating for accessible air travel …
Call to Action
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Earth Day Is Leg Day
Earth Day Canada wanted people to walk or bike to work during the month of April to reduce carbon e…
Call to Action
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Bad Things Happen In Philadelphia
When Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia suddenly became a punching bag tagline for the City of Phila…
Call to Action
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Dove 20 Years Changing Beauty
20 years ago, Dove showed the world what beauty looks like when it's real. In 2004, it began with a…
Call to Action
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Duriel’s Offering
Darkness is at the heart of the Diablo video games, but there are sparks of hope even there. Our so…
Call to Action
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My Vote Creates Change
With an important election cycle coming up that will shape the next four years of the nation, The C…
Call to Action
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Parents Push Harder
This year, innovation meant taking an internal-facing policy and transforming it into the biggest b…
Call to Action
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Social60
The Wayside Chapel is a charity and parish mission of the Uniting Church in Australia in the Potts …
Call to Action
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Sport Your Period™ campaign
The Sport Your Period™ initiative aims to reward period advocacy and normalize the topic of periods…

Nominees

Call to Action
Advanced Recycling Campaign
 As part of their continued efforts to protect children from the harmful effects of air pollution a…
Call to Action
JUST F-ING VOTE
Fuse Media and NextGen America, the largest youth vote organization in the nation, have partnered t…