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

Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast

This category honors the most effective and creative lifestyle and entertainment podcasts. Includes single episode, series and mini-series.

See previous winners and honorees here.
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
Artist Friendly w/ Joel Madden
The Objective of "Artist Friendly" is to be a podcast where today's top artists come and reveal the…
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
Avatar: Braving the Elements
Airing on Nickelodeon from 2005-2008, the animated TV series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” amassed a…
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
Food Network Obsessed
Food Network Obsessed is the podcast for all Food Network and food/cooking superfans and aims to gi…
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
Like & Describe: The Official YouTube Trends Podcast
Curious about the origins of your favorite YouTube trends? Interested in learning about how Mukbang…
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
Live from the PATRÓN Desert - The Viall Files
PATRÓN made its mark at Coachella and Stagecoach with #PATRÓNDesert, an immersive brand experience …
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
Make it Universal and Rotten Tomatoes Present Seen on the Screen with Jacqueline Coley
Seen on the Screen isn’t just another entertainment podcast–it’s an invitation into the stories beh…
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay Shetty's mission is to spread love, purpose, and transformation to individuals around the world…
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
One Song
Launched in 2023, Hartbeat saw an opportunity to tap into music fandom in a fresh, engaging way wit…
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
Petty Crimes
Hartbeat recognized the potential behind the independent podcast Petty Crimes, hosted by friends Gr…
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
Talking Pictures
We all remember the first movie to really scare us, or the movie a parent loved and watched repeate…
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
The Jamie Kern Lima Show Podcast
The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast is the #1 Self-Improvement podcast in the country, and has been to…
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
The Penguin Official Podcast
The Penguin Official Podcast explores the brutal rise and fall of power in Gotham City through the …
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
We Don't Always Agree with Sterling and Ryan
Helmed by Hollywood’s beloved Black power couple, Ryan Michelle Bathe and Sterling K. Brown, We Don…
Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast
Wild Ideas Worth Living
Puddle Creative has been producing the podcast Wild Ideas Worth Living since 2016. In 2018, REI Co-…