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 Podcast

This category honors the most creative and effective use of podcasting with a pro-social objective.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Podcast
winner
Exposed: Cover-up at Columbia University
Robert Hadden was a trusted ob-gyn who assaulted hundreds of patients during his 25-year career at …

Finalists

Podcast
finalist
gold honor
Six Degrees with Kevin Bacon Podcast
The idea behind "Six Degrees with Kevin Bacon" was to leverage Kevin Bacon's celebrity to spotlight…
Podcast
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
Gooned
Gooned is a podcast about the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI), a network of profit-incentivized behavi…
Podcast
finalist
bronze honor
Radio Headspace
Radio Headspace, the flagship podcast of Headspace, was launched in 2020 to provide listeners with …
Podcast
finalist
Say More With Tulaine Montgomery
“Say More with Tulaine Montgomery” is driven by the belief that deep, honest dialogue is vital for …
Podcast
finalist
Well Beyond Medicine Podcast
Research, develop and launch a new platform that lends itself to showcasing the deep commitment of …

Nominees

Podcast
Daddyhood
Colton Underwood is an American TV personality, executive producer, philanthropist, and entrepreneu…
Podcast
Dear Headspace
Dear Headspace is a Headspace Original call-in podcast where mental health professionals answer pre…
Podcast
Generosity at Work
After devoting years to researching the science of generosity, Keith Jennings, a community impact e…
Podcast
Merging Into Life
The main purpose of creating our podcast, Merging Into Life, was twofold: Meet our members where th…
Podcast
Nice Genes!
The driving idea behind *Nice Genes!* is to make genomics not only accessible but also engaging and…
Podcast
The Lost Olympians
We set out to make a podcast that could not only entertain but inform. The Lost Olympians was the p…
Podcast
Unbiased History of Israel/Palestine
The Branch is a nonprofit digital media company for political eclectics: the independents, the unde…
Podcast
Views on First: War & Speech
The war in Israel and Gaza has unleashed a wave of censorship and suppression in the United States—…