THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Special Project

Special Project

Video Series

This award honors the most creative and effective use of a video series (such as a digital web series or docu-series) to bring awareness to a social good campaign, initiative, or project.

See previous winners and honorees here.
Brain Health Risks for Older Adults
The brain is a complex organ that researchers and scientists are still discovering. Resources that …
Close Up | Al Jazeera Digital
Al Jazeera’s digital documentary series, Close Up, strives to give online audiences a front row sea…
DBS Sparks Web Series: Creating Impact Beyond Banking
SPARKS, an industry-first online web-series, follows a group of young bankers navigating work and t…
Fearless
For the past twenty years, Autism Speaks has been more than just a voice—it has been a reliable all…
Generations
Diversity in storytelling is in NBCUniversal’s DNA: we are constantly looking for ways to better se…
HART OF IT ALL – CONNECTING AND INSPIRING COMMUNITIES
Structural barriers in the U.S. have deepened racial inequities, illustrated by the racial wealth g…
Made of More: Meet the Head and Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Team
From diagnosis, through treatment, and into recovery, people living with head and neck cancer (HNC)…
Move for MG (Myasthenia Gravis)
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare autoimmune disease in which communication between nerves and muscl…
My Votes Creates Change
With an important election cycle coming up that will shape the next four years of the nation, The C…
Real People, Real Stories
AARP’s Real People, Real Stories series celebrates the actions of ordinary individuals from diverse…
Spot Her On the Street
Endometrial cancer (EC), which is cancer in the lining of the uterus, accounts for 90% of uterine c…
Still Here: A Caregiver Series
Comforting, scheduling, socializing, transporting, medicating, monitoring, managing, navigating, to…
The Power of Travel, Marriott Bonvoy
The overall objective was to create a truly powerful and inspiring series of films that are values …
Understanding US
Understanding US is a video series where everyday Americans explore what divides us and understand …