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 Foreign Language Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Multicultural Campaign NEW! Rebrand Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting Email & Newsletter Episodic NEW! 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

Creator & Influencer Partnerships

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 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 Engagement Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Gamification GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) NEW! Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Integration with Traditional Media Internal Communications Micro-Influencer Strategy 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 Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video Product Feature Video Short Form Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 10th Annual Shorty Impact Awards Video Series

This category honors the most creative and effective use of a video series (such as a digital web series or docu-series) to bring awareness to a social good campaign, initiative, or project.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Finalists

Video Series
finalist
Ask a Therapist
Conversations around mental health are often clouded by confusion, stigma, and the misconception th…
Video Series
finalist
Nevertheless: The Women Changing the World
At a time when those in power are working to silence, sideline, and strip women of their influence,…
Video Series
finalist
The Ripple Effect
Our exploration of the fentanyl crisis took a different approach – one rooted in storytelling, comp…

Nominees

Video Series
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra (BJNY), launched in early 2024 by Rahul Gandhi and the Indian National C…
Video Series
Channeling Good
Channeling Good is a program from the Channel Seed Brand designed to showcase the service-driven sp…
Video Series
Endless Urgency with Mike Nellis
Endless Urgency was launched in 2025 by Mike Nellis—a political strategist, social impact entrepren…
Video Series
Light The Way
Rady Children’s partnered with a local economic development nonprofit to introduce our mission to a…
Video Series
Link Rewards: Every day, made a little more rewarding
BACKGROUND For years, Singaporeans have associated rewards with the transactional—points earned, p…
Video Series
Made of More: Personal Experiences at Mealtime
Throughout treatment, recovery, and beyond, people living with head and neck cancer (HNC) and thyro…
Video Series
Nature at Extremes: The Great Salt Lake
Nature at Extremes: Great Salt Lake is part of The Nature Conservancy’s Nature Lab video series—an …
Video Series
Spot Her at the Nail Salon: Breaking the silence around endometrial cancer in social settings
Endometrial cancer (EC) accounts for 90% of uterine cancer diagnoses, and it is the fourth most fre…