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 9th Annual Shorty Impact Awards Video Series

This award honors the most creative and effective use of a video series (such as a digital web series or docu-series) to bring awareness to a social good campaign, initiative, or project.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Video Series
winner
Understanding US
Understanding US is a video series where everyday Americans explore what divides us and understand …

Finalists

Video Series
finalist
gold honor
audience honor
HART OF IT ALL – CONNECTING AND INSPIRING COMMUNITIES
Structural barriers in the U.S. have deepened racial inequities, illustrated by the racial wealth g…
Video Series
finalist
silver honor
DBS Sparks Web Series: Creating Impact Beyond Banking
SPARKS, an industry-first online web-series, follows a group of young bankers navigating work and t…
Video Series
finalist
bronze honor
Still Here: A Caregiver Series
Comforting, scheduling, socializing, transporting, medicating, monitoring, managing, navigating, to…
Video Series
finalist
Close Up | Al Jazeera Digital
Al Jazeera’s digital documentary series, Close Up, strives to give online audiences a front row sea…
Video Series
finalist
Fearless
For the past twenty years, Autism Speaks has been more than just a voice—it has been a reliable all…
Video Series
finalist
Generations
Diversity in storytelling is in NBCUniversal’s DNA: we are constantly looking for ways to better se…
Video Series
finalist
Move for MG (Myasthenia Gravis)
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare autoimmune disease in which communication between nerves and muscl…
Video Series
finalist
My Votes Creates Change
With an important election cycle coming up that will shape the next four years of the nation, The C…
Video Series
finalist
Real People, Real Stories
AARP’s Real People, Real Stories series celebrates the actions of ordinary individuals from diverse…
Video Series
finalist
The Power of Travel, Marriott Bonvoy
The overall objective was to create a truly powerful and inspiring series of films that are values …

Nominees

Video Series
Brain Health Risks for Older Adults
The brain is a complex organ that researchers and scientists are still discovering. Resources that …
Video Series
Made of More: Meet the Head and Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Team
From diagnosis, through treatment, and into recovery, people living with head and neck cancer (HNC)…
Video Series
Spot Her On the Street
Endometrial cancer (EC), which is cancer in the lining of the uterus, accounts for 90% of uterine c…