THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

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

By Cause

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

By Industry

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

By Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Original Content

Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Extended Reality Feature Film NEW! Gaming Images Interactive Content Live Streaming Long Form Video Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports NEW! Short Form Video Video Video Series

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Creative Use of Technology Data & Insights Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Generative AI Guerrilla Marketing NEW! Paid Media PSA Real Time Response Single Post Sound & Music NEW! Storytelling User Generated Content

Call to Action

This award honors the most creative and effective use of a call to action in a social good campaign, original content or initiative. Efforts should educate, inspire and activate, prompting an immediate response in the target audience.

See previous winners and honorees here.
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Call to Action
#AccessibleAirTravel
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Call to Action
Advanced Recycling Campaign
 As part of their continued efforts to protect children from the harmful effects of air pollution a…
Call to Action
Bad Things Happen In Philadelphia
When Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia suddenly became a punching bag tagline for the City of Phila…
Call to Action
Dove 20 Years Changing Beauty
20 years ago, Dove showed the world what beauty looks like when it's real. In 2004, it began with a…
Call to Action
Duriel’s Offering
Darkness is at the heart of the Diablo video games, but there are sparks of hope even there. Our so…
Call to Action
Earth Day Is Leg Day
Earth Day Canada wanted people to walk or bike to work during the month of April to reduce carbon e…
Call to Action
JUST F-ING VOTE
Fuse Media and NextGen America, the largest youth vote organization in the nation, have partnered t…
Call to Action
My Vote Creates Change
With an important election cycle coming up that will shape the next four years of the nation, The C…
Call to Action
Parents Push Harder
This year, innovation meant taking an internal-facing policy and transforming it into the biggest b…
Call to Action
Social60
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Call to Action
Sport Your Period™ campaign
The Sport Your Period™ initiative aims to reward period advocacy and normalize the topic of periods…