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 NEW! Data Visualization Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI NEW! Graphic Art Images Sound & Music UX/UI Visual Effects Website/App NEW!

Industry

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

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Immersive Interactive Content NFTs

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence X Presence YouTube Presence

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast Health & Wellness Podcast NEW! Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast Sports Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT NEW! Customer Experience Earned Media Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television 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 Dance Video Documentary NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video NEW! Product Feature Video Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 2nd Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best in News & Media

This award recognizes the most effective use of social media to disseminate news and information. Submissions for both coverage of specific news events and for overall performance will be accepted.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

News & Media
winner
Girlboss
Girlboss launched earlier this year with a bold mission – to reach women who are redefining success…

Finalists

News & Media
finalist
AJ+
AJ+ is Al Jazeera's digital-only offshoot, launched in 2014 to build a new kind of media outlet for…
News & Media
finalist
Bustle's "NSFWomen (Not Safe for Women)" Video Series
To tap into the issues millennial women care most about, Bustle debuted its first documentary serie…
News & Media
finalist
INTOmore.com: Grindr Launches a Digital Hub for LGBTQ+ Millennials
As the world's largest social networking app for gay, bi, curious and queer men, Grindr saw an oppo…
News & Media
finalist
Social Good by Mashable
Mashable's Social Good channel provides news and resources on impact, activism, identities, and inn…
News & Media
finalist
Twitter, #SheInspiresMe
Inclusion and diversity are fundamental tenets of how Twitter acts as a company. One important comp…

Nominees

News & Media
AccuWeather Ready
AccuWeather is the largest, most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world. Ou…
News & Media
Bustle's "The Bodcast"
While "Body Positivity" has become a popular buzzword among brands and publishers, it has been a co…
News & Media
Charlie Foxtrot
"Charlie Foxtrot" exposes a military policy that strips service members of their benefits and veter…
News & Media
Direct from Hawaii: The Fight for Land
News & Media
Fusion Covers the Fight at Standing Rock
News & Media
The Economist World Ocean Summit
Championing social progress has been the genetic code in The Economist's DNA since it was founded i…
News & Media
The Young Turks
The mission of TYT is, "To pursue truth, drive social change, and become a digital campfire around …