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 LGBTQ+

This award honors a campaign, original content or initiative that shows unequivocal support of the LGBTQ+ community. This can include the fight against homophobia, providing health information and resources, support of LGBTQ+ legislation, and celebration of the LGBTQ+ experience.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

LGBTQ+
winner
Invisible Flags
Fifty cities across the United States have banned pride flags, making the community invisible. INNO…

Finalists

LGBTQ+
finalist
gold honor
Max Presents: The Art of Drag
Max and its LGBTQ+ community platform Human By Orientation set out to activate in Miami during Art …
LGBTQ+
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
Daily Hate
In recent years, there has been an impressive increase in hate crimes in Spain. In this context, FE…
LGBTQ+
finalist
bronze honor
RuPaul's Drag Race LGBTQ Herstory Month 2023 Celebrating Latinx Icons
The LGBTQ Herstory Month 2023 campaign set out to gather, interview and photograph 5 celebrated Lat…
LGBTQ+
finalist
CARE WITH PRIDE® PASSES THE MIC
The CARE WITH PRIDE® initiative, led by Kenvue brands like Neutrogena, Tylenol, and Listerine, and …

Nominees

LGBTQ+
How Kirrin Finch Uses Clothes to Affirm Identity
We want Chase to be known as the bank for all, which is why human beings, and their stories are alw…
LGBTQ+
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Wondersauce set clear goals to transform the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s website into a unified, user…
LGBTQ+
Melissa Etheridge Never Planned to Be a Gay Icon
The idea driving our work in this video was to inspire people to live openly as their true selves a…
LGBTQ+
Pride Live’s Historic LGBTQIA+ Milestone: Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center Grand Opening a
On June 28, 2024, Pride Live marked a historic milestone with the grand opening of the Stonewall Na…
LGBTQ+
The Sound of the Stonewall Uprising
The Sounds of the Stonewall Uprising aims to capture the essence of what was seen and heard during …
LGBTQ+
The world is better when we all play together
Directed by Academy Award Winner Taika Waititi and based on a true story, the film Next Goal Wins f…
LGBTQ+
WeHo Pride 2024
WeHo Pride 2024 celebrated West Hollywood’s long-standing commitment to LGBTQ+ advocacy and its rol…
LGBTQ+
Where Do They Go?
Our goals were to drive awareness on an underlying issue within the LGBTQ+ youth and increase suppo…