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

From the 8th Annual Shorty Impact Awards Documentary Short

This award honors the most creative and effective use of a short, documentary-style film to bring awareness to a social good campaign, original content or initiative. The film must be 40 minutes or less to be eligible.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Documentary Short
winner
Home/Free
The U.S. incarcerates people at a rate higher than any country in the world. What we don’t talk abo…

Finalists

Documentary Short
finalist
gold honor
My Second First Time
In Germany, around 4.65 million people living with cancer.  Whilst improved awareness, diagnosis an…
Documentary Short
finalist
silver honor
Don't Leave Me Behind: Stories of Young Ukrainian Survival
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a mass exodus of 5.15 million Ukrainian civilians fleeing to…
Documentary Short
finalist
bronze honor
Under My Skin: Untold Stories of Life with Eczema
Over 31 million people in the U.S. have some form of eczema – a chronic inflammatory disease of the…
Documentary Short
finalist
Buried Alive in Turkey’s Earthquake | AJ Close Up
The idea behind our film “How I saved a family buried alive in Turkey’s Earthquake” was to immerse …
Documentary Short
finalist
audience honor
How Bermuda Fishermen Are Leading the Fight Against Venomous Lionfish — Vendors
We had the opportunity to go to Bermuda to produce a few episodes of our series, Vendors. We set ou…
Documentary Short
finalist
LIVING
LIVING, a global documentary, was created to go beyond the way that pharmaceutical companies tradit…
Documentary Short
finalist
RuPaul’s Drag Race Portrait of a Queen “Face of Bosco”
RuPaul’s Drag Race celebrated Pride 2023 with a special edition of ‘Portrait of a Queen’ (2019 Emmy…
Documentary Short
finalist
Securing the Bag
In partnership with WarnerBros. Discovery and their MORE From Us initiative, our ‘Securing The Bag’…

Nominees

Documentary Short
World Toilet Day
In 2022 we visited our non-profit partner The Sanergy Collaborative in Kenya, and wanted to highlig…