Enter the 14th Annual Shorty Awards

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. See categories below. The early entry deadline is on December 9th, 2021.

Campaign

Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Mobile Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Social Good Campaign

Single Platform

Clubhouse NEW! Discord NEW! Emerging Platform Facebook Facebook Messenger Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Snapchat TikTok Triller NEW! Tumblr NEW! Twitch NEW! Twitter WeChat Weibo WhatsApp YouTube

Overall Presence

Clubhouse NEW! Discord NEW! Emerging Platform NEW! Facebook Facebook Messenger NEW! Instagram LinkedIn NEW! Multi-Platform NEW! Pinterest NEW! Reddit NEW! Snapchat TikTok Triller NEW! Tumblr NEW! Twitch NEW! Twitter WeChat NEW! Weibo NEW! WhatsApp NEW! YouTube

Influencer & Celebrity Brand Partnership

Emerging Platform NEW! Facebook Instagram Multi-Platform Snapchat TikTok Twitter YouTube

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Graphic Art Images UX/UI Visual Effects NEW!

Video

360 Video Augmented Reality Comedy Video Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Short Form Video Stories NEW! Vertical Video NEW! Video Ad Virtual Reality

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Games Government & Politics Hospitality 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

Content and Media

Audio Clips NEW! Blogs NEW! Branded Content Branded Podcast Branded Series Clapback NEW! Contest or Promotion Data Visualization Emojis Filter/Lens GIFs Hashtag Meme Native Advertising Newsletters NEW! Podcast Podcast Mini Series Polls & Surveys Single Post or Activation NEW! Stickers NEW! User-Generated Content Voice NEW!

Strategy & Engagement

Artificial Intelligence Call to Action Chatbots Community Management Creative Use of Technology Customer Service Employee Engagement NEW! Fundraising NEW! Gamification Geo-Targeting NEW! Globalization NEW! Humor Insights & Trends NEW! Integration with Live Television Large Media Buying Strategy LGBTQ Community Engagement Localization Media Buying Strategy on a Shoe-String Micro-Influencer Strategy Mid-Range Media Buying Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification NEW! Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Media Buy Real Time Response Shopping NEW! Storytelling Takeovers NEW!

Virtual

Digital Pivot Immersive Online Event/Activation Remote Production

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 bet on distributed content, AJ+ traded a website for an editorial strategy centered on building audiences directly on Facebook. By focusing on content and creating engaging videos tailor-made for the social network, AJ+ has been able to relate the ne…

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 food tips, exciting video content, and new recipes than the most trusted brand in food media. Food Network's Facebook page strives to give its nearly 14 million followers everything that they need on a consistent (and yummy) basis.Engaging with our audi…
Facebook Presence
finalist
audience
IN THE NOW
Today's social media is a relentless swarm of bees buzzing at light speed up and down the information highway and soaring around the sleepy heads of the audience screaming "Look at this!" Content pimps mistaking cookie cutters for curation tools pummel us with killer Kardashian clowns, cute kittens and/or death and destruction un…
Facebook Presence
finalist
Kin Community
Kin Community is a digital media and entertainment company that inspires Millennial women around the world. At Kin, we believe home is the most important place in the world. So in 2016, we set out to establish ourselves as the trusted go-to source on Facebook in making your home.
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 on our main page than our top two competitors combined. And all of that without buying media or investing money on Facebook. Everything organic. The goal was to keep growing. But you know how it is – since we were already the leaders in Brazil, it was…
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 Dakota, Fusion continues to show that this moment and movement are much, much bigger than just a fight for clean water. Fusion's Standing Rock coverage has reached tens of millions of Facebook users and received over 60 million views on Facebook alone…

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 themselves as the better-for-you breakfast that doesn't sacrifice taste for healthy eating. After all, Van's is the ultimate combination of Wholesome Meets Awesome. We set out to show the wellness-aware community that Van's Foods is the healthy option that makes…
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 strongest assets, & we want to celebrate that with our fans on Facebook every day. Using a mix of food images, vintage photos, videos & user-generated content, our goal is to find ways to connect with our fans from multiple generations in an authentic & engaging wa…
Facebook Presence
Best Overall Facebook Presence - ATTN:
ATTN: is an issues-driven media company. Our mission is to deliver engaging content to a mobile-first audience. Every day we produce videos, articles, and commentary telling stories worth your attention. ATTN: believes in informing people to make a social impact. Through compelling, issue-driven content, we strive to engender greater participation in commun…
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 truly dynamic and innovative 360 degree ship tour highlighting all of the new and differentiated features that Carnival Vista has to offer. By teaming up with internet legend and visual effect guru, Zach King, we were able to pair innovative technology with an …
Facebook Presence
Chocolaty Sleep Squares
The goal of this campaign was to bring brand exposure to Sleep Squares, a company that offers a chocolaty treat that acts as a sleep aid. To achieve our goal the following objectives were established: 1. Receive 2.7 million impressions from the campaign.2. Target both an English and Spanish speaking audience. 3. Create native advertisements, including meme…
Facebook Presence
Lighter Blue
We wanted to take depression out of the darkness and make it something talked about openly, in an environment that alleviates the isolation that patients feel.Our objectives for the Lighter Blue unbranded disease education campaign was singularly focused: social engagement. Based Facebook's benchmarks in their ad-buying tool, we estimated: Each dollar spent…
Facebook Presence
Orphan Black Official Facebook Page
While many brands subscribe to the "always on" mantra, we live it because our fans live it. #CloneClub is a global community who are truly invested in the show. While growth and engagement metrics matter, keeping #CloneClub satiated 365 days a year with clever content is always our goal. We make this show for them and we don't want to let them down.
Facebook Presence
Sonic the Hedgehog Facebook
Our "pretty-tough-but-ultimately-achieved" objectives:Increase brand awareness around Sonic the Hedgehog, bring new life to the Sonic the Hedgehog brand, decrease negative sentiment around Sonic the Hedgehog, increase positive sentiment around Sonic the Hedgehog, completely revamp Sonic the Hedgehog's social channels to be engaging, increase engagement and …