THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

Campaign by a Black-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Latinx/Hispanic-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a LGBTQ+ Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Native/Indigenous-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by a Woman-Owned Business NEW! Campaign by an Asian-Owned Business NEW! Corporate Social Responsibility NEW! Fundraising Campaign NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign NEW! Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Pro Bono Social Movement

By Cause

Activism Campaign NEW! Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Civic Engagement Clean Energy NEW! Clean Water & Sanitation NEW! Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Education Emergency Relief Environment Gender Equality Human Rights Humanitarian Aid Hunger & Food Insecurity Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Poverty Public Health Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

Automotive NEW! Business to Business NEW! Education NEW! Entertainment Fashion and Beauty NEW! Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness NEW! News & Media Nonprofit Restaurants NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

By Platform

Emerging Platform Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Twitch Twitter YouTube

Content and Strategy

Branded Content NEW! Branded Series NEW! Call to Action Community Management Contest or Promotion Creative Use of Technology NEW! Email & Newsletters NEW! Employee Engagement Fundraising Humor Infographics NEW! Live Events Meme and GIFs NEW! Micro-Influencer Strategy NEW! Paid and Amplification Podcast PSA Real Time Response Single Post Storytelling User Generated Content Video

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project NEW!

Video Content

Animations Documentary Short Live Streaming Long Form Video NEW! Short Form Video NEW! Video Series Virtual Reality

From the 9th Annual Shorty Awards Best Overall Facebook Presence

This category honors brands, organizations or institutions that use Facebook's native tools effectively. Unlike Best use of Facebook, this award is for a brand's year-round presence.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Facebook Presence
winner
AJ+
AJ+ is Al Jazeera's digital-only offshoot that creates news for the connected generation. In a big …

Finalists

Facebook Presence
finalist
Food Network Facebook Page
Food is at the heart of our daily life, and who better to better to bring you your daily fix of foo…
Facebook Presence
finalist
Kin Community
Kin Community is a digital media and entertainment company that inspires Millennial women around th…
Facebook Presence
finalist
Record TV & R7 pages on Facebook
To be honest, we already had a huge Facebook presence at the beginning of 2016. We had more likes o…
Facebook Presence
finalist
Standing Strong at Standing Rock
As one of the first national media organizations to have video journalists on the ground in North D…

Nominees

Facebook Presence
Van’s Foods | Where Wholesome Meets Awesome
Wholesome food is only beneficial if people enjoy eating it. So Van's Foods set out to establish th…
Facebook Presence
winner
AJ+
AJ+ is Al Jazeera's digital-only offshoot that creates news for the connected generation. In a big …
Facebook Presence
An All-American Story on Facebook
As America's oldest restaurant chain, we at A&W Restaurants know that nostalgia is one of our stron…
Facebook Presence
Best Overall Facebook Presence - ATTN:
ATTN: is an issues-driven media company. Our mission is to deliver engaging content to a mobile-fir…
Facebook Presence
Carnival Vista Effect - 360 Video with Zach King
Give consumers a one-of-a-kind tour of the all-new Carnival Vista by developing and designing a tru…
Facebook Presence
Chocolaty Sleep Squares
The goal of this campaign was to bring brand exposure to Sleep Squares, a company that offers a ch…
Facebook Presence
finalist
Food Network Facebook Page
Food is at the heart of our daily life, and who better to better to bring you your daily fix of foo…
Facebook Presence
finalist
Kin Community
Kin Community is a digital media and entertainment company that inspires Millennial women around th…
Facebook Presence
Lighter Blue
We wanted to take depression out of the darkness and make it something talked about openly, in an e…
Facebook Presence
Orphan Black Official Facebook Page
While many brands subscribe to the "always on" mantra, we live it because our fans live it. #CloneC…
Facebook Presence
finalist
Record TV & R7 pages on Facebook
To be honest, we already had a huge Facebook presence at the beginning of 2016. We had more likes o…
Facebook Presence
Sonic the Hedgehog Facebook
Our "pretty-tough-but-ultimately-achieved" objectives:Increase brand awareness around Sonic the Hed…
Facebook Presence
finalist
Standing Strong at Standing Rock
As one of the first national media organizations to have video journalists on the ground in North D…