THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Campaign

Awareness Campaign Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Diverse-Owned Businesses Campaign Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Multicultural Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Social Movement Campaign

Content & Design

Audio & Music Brand Voice NEW! Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Email & Newsletter NEW! Feature Film Gamification NEW! Images Interactive Content Long Form Video Medium Length Video NEW! Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports Short Form Video Video Series

Cause

Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Emergency Relief Environment & Sustainability Fight Poverty Gender Equality Human Rights Immigration & Refugees Learning & Development LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative Other Causes NEW! Public Health Public Safety Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Responsible Technology NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

Industry

Automotive Business to Business Consumer Brands Education Entertainment Fashion & Beauty Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness News & Media Non-Profit Other Industry NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

Partnerships

Brand Partnership NEW! Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Nonprofit Partnership Other Partnerships NEW!

Platforms & Technology

Extended Reality Gaming Generative AI Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok YouTube

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Guerrilla Marketing Integration with Traditional Media NEW! Paid Media PSA Single Post Storytelling Use of Viral Content NEW! User Generated Content

From the 7th Annual Shorty Awards Best in News

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.

Click here to see the previous winner and nominees.

Winner

News
winner
#Tiananmen89
Our objective was to use social media to enable a new generation to learn more about the events in…

Finalist

News
finalist
The Human Rights Channel
The Human Rights Channel curates and contextualizes videos that document human rights violations an…

Nominees

News
#CNNElection: 2014 Midterm Election Social Coverage
With sharable graphics calling the races in real-time, video clips, Vines, cartoons, maps, chats, s…
News
CBS This Morning's Milestone Year in Social Media
"The news is back in morning news," and 2014 was a milestone year for CBS This Morning's social med…
News
Chicago Sun-Times social media
To get the news to our readers wherever they are ­­– and to get it there first.To build trust with …
News
Ferguson under fire: CNN Social Report
Ferguson had been a trending topic across the U.S. and internationally for months following the sho…
News
Independent Voter Network (IVN News)
The Independent Voter Network is a non-partisan, non-profit platform for unfiltered political news …
News
NowThis: Social News In 2014
NowThis is the first true socially distributed media company. We live where our audience lives—on T…
News
PRI’s The World: Connecting US listeners to a global conversation
Social media has become an extension of the voice of The World, a weekday public radio program host…
News
Social coverage of 2014 Venezuelan Crisis
CNN en Español led one of the most successful social media news coverages to date during the Venezu…
News
TechCrunch
TechCrunch is the number one guide for all things tech, and the publication of record for Silicon V…
News
The Deal Twitter
In short(y), The Deal's Twitter strategy is to present our deal analysis and newsroom interaction w…
News
TheStreet Social Media
TheStreet's social media presence is designed to bring all of the latest investing ideas (via stori…
News
Univision's Social Coverage of Executive Action on Immigration (#AccionEjecutiva)
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced his Executive Action on immigration. This was the b…