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 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
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
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
Sonic the Hedgehog Facebook
Our "pretty-tough-but-ultimately-achieved" objectives:Increase brand awareness around Sonic the Hed…