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

Of The Year

Commercial Creator of the Year Dual-Format Creator of the Year Large Agency of the Year Large Brand of the Year Large Non-Profit of the Year Mid-Sized Agency of the Year News Creator of the Year Site of the Year Small Agency of the Year Studio of the Year

From the 9th Annual Shorty Awards Best in Food and Beverage

This awards honors the best use of social media in a marketing campaign by a food and beverage brand. Campaign objectives may include the launch of a new beverage, the opening of a restaurant, the promotion of a sustainable food brand and more.

See previous winners and honorees here.

If applicable, please see our category for Wine, Beer & Spirits.

Winner

Food & Beverage
winner
Thrills, No Spills
Slurpee released a new sports bottle over winter and tasked us with selling 150,000 of them. That's…

Finalists

Food & Beverage
finalist
gold honor
audience honor
#SayItWithPepsi Influencer Activation at Walgreens
PepsiCo wanted to be a bigger part of the social conversation this past summer. With limited editio…
Food & Beverage
finalist
silver honor
How TAKE5 Remixed the Candy Aisle
With chocolate, peanuts, pretzel, peanut butter, and caramel remixed into one bar, almost anyone wh…
Food & Beverage
finalist
bronze honor
Cafe de Colombia - Greatness is Brewing
Café de Colombia, the public-facing arm of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, approached Rokk…
Food & Beverage
finalist
bronze honor
Geeking Out With Arby's
In September 2015, brand sentiment for Arby's was -8%. Our goal was to not only elevate that histor…
Food & Beverage
finalist
The Jim Beam Apple Watch
In 2015, Jim Beam released Jim Beam Apple, a flavored line extension that quickly became the most s…

Nominees

Food & Beverage
Tillamook “Goodbye Big Food, Hello Real Food” Social Launch
Tillamook is an Oregon-based dairy cooperative of farmer-owners, who prioritize quality over profit…
Food & Beverage
Tillamook: “Fill the Plates”
In 2016, farmer-owned dairy cooperative, Tillamook, launched #RealFoodSunday–a social media effort …
Food & Beverage
#feelgoods
The objective of the #feelgoods campaign video was to introduce the benefits of a2 milk to an audie…
Food & Beverage
Dole Packaged Foods - Social Media Content
Social Control teamed up with Dole just as the brand was re-launching as Dole Sunshine. We needed t…
Food & Beverage
Feats of Wonder Social Campaign
It's been exactly 1454 days since the 2012 London Olympics, and while we've gone about our ordinary…
Food & Beverage
Follow Your TART
In the crowded world of candy, SweeTARTS sought relevance among millennials. Our challenge was to c…
Food & Beverage
Fruit Shoot: Made for Adventures
Britvic's Fruit Shoot is the number 1 children's brand in the U.K., but had minimal awareness and m…
Food & Beverage
Greggs Christmas
Boost engagement and conversation during Christmas by using the most anticipated product in the Gr…
Food & Beverage
It's OK. It's O Organics®.
Leverage Facebook to increase brand awareness and ad recall for Albertsons Companies' O Organics® p…
Food & Beverage
Mind Over Munch
Mind Over Munch is a brand dedicated to making living a healthy lifestyle easier and more fun! We'r…
Food & Beverage
Pizza Hut & Rooster Teeth Live Events Program
The goals and objectives for the 2016 partnership were to grow Pizza Hut's presence within the gami…
Food & Beverage
Royal Basmati Social Media Content
When we began working with Royal Basmati Rice, they had no established online presence whatsoever. …
Food & Beverage
Ruby Tuesday's "Shy Girl"
The Garden Bar is Ruby Tuesday's differentiator within the competitive casual dining industry, a…
Food & Beverage
Say it with a Kiss
KISSES has traditionally played a safe place in owning the holiday season, focusing so heavily on t…
Food & Beverage
Starbucks Brings the #GoldLife to Millions of Customers
In January 2016, Starbucks had one of the best loyalty programs in the world. Eleven million member…
Food & Beverage
Starbucks Holiday Red Cups Return
In a particularly fragmented holiday season, Starbucks wanted to generate and sustain excitement fo…
Food & Beverage
Winning the Big Game
Each year since 2014, Pabst Blue Ribbon has participated in the online conversation surrounding Sup…