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

Video Series

This category honors the most creative and effective use of a video series, such as a digital web series or docu-series.

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Video Series
9 Video Partnership Series: SE Media/Sam Eckholm & US Air Force/US Space Force
Led by Sam Eckholm, a former U.S. Air Force officer and Air Force Academy graduate, SE Media partne…
Video Series
Ambition
The objective of this campaign was to evolve the brand’s storytelling from product-led messaging to…
Video Series
American High Digital: Minimum Wage
Minimum Wage is a digital series created by entertainment studio American High. The show dives into…
Video Series
An Audible Dialog with The Loop Lab
An Audible Dialogue with Loop Lab is a long-form video series built around intentional conversation…
Video Series
Art for All
Art for All was created to meet global audiences where they are and to humanize the art world throu…
Video Series
Avia’s Wonderland Wishes Campaign
Through the Wonderland Wishes ad campaign, Avia sought to bring awareness to the Solitaire Clash mo…
Video Series
Barstool Sports and Bob Does Sports Present The Internet Invitational
When existing creator golf tournaments no longer reflected the scale, stakes, or authenticity of th…
Video Series
Care Pair Video Series: Pako & Zahydie
The goals we set forth to achieve by creating the Navigate Early Alz episodic mini-series, featurin…
Video Series
Common Ground
Common Ground is the flagship video series from Tripadvisor’s creative studio, Wanderlab, created t…
Video Series
DOGS with Elias Weiss Friedman
The idea behind “DOGS with Elias Weiss Friedman” is rooted in Elias Weiss Friedman’s, commonly know…
Video Series
Day In The Life
Day in the Life was built around a specific kind of access. Not formal interviews or staged moments…
Video Series
Delivered
As restaurants rely more on delivery and to-go business than ever before, traditional french fries …
Video Series
Film Club
PBS Film Club was created from the core PBS value: leaving viewers smarter and more empathetic in o…
Video Series
Get To Going
Destination marketing is oversaturated with idealized, surface-level portrayals of people and place…
Video Series
Hello Disney!
Disney has some of the most beloved and recognizable characters in the world. Our goal was to intro…
Video Series
In Her Nature | PBS Nature
Video Series
Indiana Pacers 2025 Playoffs Mini Movies
The main objective of our playoff mini movies was to create lasting cinematic narratives that memor…
Video Series
It Takes Two
And That’s Showbiz is a Broadway-focused, digital-first media outlet designed to bring fans behind …
Video Series
Made of More: Personal Experiences at Mealtime
The goals we hoped to achieve by creating the Personal Experiences at Mealtime episodic mini-series…
Video Series
My Hero 360 Video Series
My Hero 360 is a storytelling community that highlights voices of individuals and families living w…
Video Series
Operation Toothache: Fake Veneer School—You Won’t Believe What We Found
This work was driven by the rise of "veneer technicians"—unlicensed individuals performing dental p…
Video Series
Politicsless
Politicsless | سباسة لس was created to solve a growing problem in the digital news ecosystem: polit…
Video Series
Real People, Real Stories
AARP’s Real People, Real Stories is a branded content series that celebrates the actions of ordinar…
Video Series
Spot Her at the Nail Salon: Breaking the silence around endometrial cancer in social settings
The goals we hoped to achieve by creating the Spot Her at the Nail Salon YouTube series featuring e…
Video Series
The Career Ladder
Max Klymenko was already a full-time Creator when he hit upon the Career Ladder idea. In his own…
Video Series
The Ick
Our objective was to create a digital series that harnesses the audience participation of social pl…
Video Series
The Rabbit Hole with Jimmy Kimmel
The Emmy Nominated short form series “The Rabbit Hole with Jimmy Kimmel” has one objective: becomin…
Video Series
Tour Detour
Tour Detour began with a simple, slightly unhinged idea: If the internet insists that high-mile Ni…
Video Series
Translation, Please! TM Video Program for Merrill Investments/Bank of America
The market can be complicated. The words describing it don’t have to be. Investing can feel overwhe…
Video Series
“I Changed My Mind”: Stories of Un-Learning, Growth and Transformation
I Changed My Mind is driven by the belief that personal transformation is possible—even amid extrem…