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 Storytelling

This award honors the the most compelling and shareable social good campaign, original content or initiative using effective storytelling to reach a certain goal or objective.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Storytelling
winner
audience honor
Bad Things Happen In Philadelphia
When Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia suddenly became a punching bag tagline for the City of Phila…

Finalists

Storytelling
finalist
gold honor
Every Day After
Around the world, an estimated 1 in 700 babies are born with a cleft lip or palate. Yet, our 2020 U…
Storytelling
finalist
silver honor
Fearless
For the past twenty years, Autism Speaks has been more than just a voice—it has been a reliable all…
Storytelling
finalist
bronze honor
Unsilence The Crowd
A first of its kind partnership between Sela, RNID and Newcastle United culminated in Unsilence The…
Storytelling
finalist
Breyers CarbSmart “Anti-Aging Cream”
Over 150 years later, as more and more Americans search for better-for-you options, Breyers develop…

Nominees

Storytelling
A Legacy Fulfilled
We are in a unique time in history for Black Americans in this country. To inspire, educate and upl…
Storytelling
Florida Couple Runs a Retirement Home for Cats
AARP’s Real People, Real Stories series celebrates ordinary individuals from diverse backgrounds wh…
Storytelling
Hell Welcomes All | Accessibility in Diablo IV
Gaming has never been more popular and gamers have never been more diverse. People from all walks o…
Storytelling
Honoring Black Music Month with Andra Day & Dyana Williams
Our campaign theme shows how Amazon Music and Rotation honor Black artists’ expression of freedom t…
Storytelling
Portrait of a Queen: Face of Bosco
Our objective was to capture Bosco’s real-life Facial Feminization Surgery journey as naturally as …
Storytelling
STOLEN
More than 52% of girls in South Sudan are married before they turn 18. In early 2024, Rooftop partn…
Storytelling
Shaped By Sound
In celebration of Black Music Month, Max and Spotify curated ‘Shaped by Sound,’ a one-day immersive…
Storytelling
TAAF Heritage Heroes Season 3
To continue celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Mon…
Storytelling
The USO's Human to Human Campaign
The objective of the USO’s Human to Human project is to deepen the connection between service membe…