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

LGBTQ+

This award honors a campaign, original content or initiative that shows unequivocal support of the LGBTQ+ community. This can include the fight against homophobia, providing health information and resources, support of LGBTQ+ legislation, and celebration of the LGBTQ+ experience.

See previous winners and honorees here.
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LGBTQ+
CARE WITH PRIDE® PASSES THE MIC
The CARE WITH PRIDE® initiative, led by Kenvue brands like Neutrogena, Tylenol, and Listerine, and …
LGBTQ+
Daily Hate
In recent years, there has been an impressive increase in hate crimes in Spain. In this context, FE…
LGBTQ+
How Kirrin Finch Uses Clothes to Affirm Identity
We want Chase to be known as the bank for all, which is why human beings, and their stories are alw…
LGBTQ+
Invisible Flags
Fifty cities across the United States have banned pride flags, making the community invisible. INNO…
LGBTQ+
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Wondersauce set clear goals to transform the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s website into a unified, user…
LGBTQ+
Max Presents: The Art of Drag
Max and its LGBTQ+ community platform Human By Orientation set out to activate in Miami during Art …
LGBTQ+
Melissa Etheridge Never Planned to Be a Gay Icon
The idea driving our work in this video was to inspire people to live openly as their true selves a…
LGBTQ+
Pride Live’s Historic LGBTQIA+ Milestone: Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center Grand Opening a
On June 28, 2024, Pride Live marked a historic milestone with the grand opening of the Stonewall Na…
LGBTQ+
RuPaul's Drag Race LGBTQ Herstory Month 2023 Celebrating Latinx Icons
The LGBTQ Herstory Month 2023 campaign set out to gather, interview and photograph 5 celebrated Lat…
LGBTQ+
The Sound of the Stonewall Uprising
The Sounds of the Stonewall Uprising aims to capture the essence of what was seen and heard during …
LGBTQ+
The world is better when we all play together
Directed by Academy Award Winner Taika Waititi and based on a true story, the film Next Goal Wins f…
LGBTQ+
WeHo Pride 2024
WeHo Pride 2024 celebrated West Hollywood’s long-standing commitment to LGBTQ+ advocacy and its rol…
LGBTQ+
Where Do They Go?
Our goals were to drive awareness on an underlying issue within the LGBTQ+ youth and increase suppo…