The 14th Annual Shorty Awards

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. The current season is now closed.

Campaign

Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Mobile Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Social Good Campaign

Single Platform

Clubhouse NEW! Discord NEW! Emerging Platform Facebook Facebook Messenger Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Snapchat TikTok Triller NEW! Tumblr NEW! Twitch NEW! Twitter WeChat Weibo WhatsApp YouTube

Overall Presence

Clubhouse Presence NEW! Discord Presence NEW! Emerging Platform Presence NEW! Facebook Messenger Presence NEW! Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence NEW! Multi-Platform Presence NEW! Pinterest Presence NEW! Reddit Presence NEW! Snapchat Presence TikTok Presence Triller Presence NEW! Tumblr Presence NEW! Twitch Presence NEW! Twitter Presence WeChat Presence NEW! Weibo Presence NEW! WhatsApp Presence NEW! YouTube Presence

Influencer & Celebrity Brand Partnership

Emerging Platform Partnership NEW! Facebook Partnership Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Snapchat Partnership TikTok Partnership Twitter Patnership YouTube Partnership

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Graphic Art Images UX/UI Visual Effects NEW!

Video

360 Video Augmented Reality Comedy Video Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Short Form Video Stories NEW! Vertical Video NEW! Video Ad Virtual Reality

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Games Government & Politics Hospitality 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

Content and Media

Audio Clips NEW! Blogs NEW! Branded Content Branded Podcast Branded Series Clapback NEW! Contest or Promotion Data Visualization Emojis Filter/Lens GIFs Hashtag Meme Native Advertising Newsletters NEW! Podcast Podcast Mini Series Polls & Surveys Single Post or Activation NEW! Stickers NEW! User-Generated Content Voice NEW!

Strategy & Engagement

Artificial Intelligence Call to Action Chatbots Community Management Creative Use of Technology Customer Service Employee Engagement NEW! Fundraising NEW! Gamification Geo-Targeting NEW! Globalization NEW! Humor Insights & Trends NEW! Integration with Live Television Large Media Buying Strategy LGBTQ Community Engagement Localization Media Buying Strategy on a Shoe-String Micro-Influencer Strategy Mid-Range Media Buying Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification NEW! Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Media Buy Real Time Response Shopping NEW! Storytelling Takeovers NEW!

Virtual

Digital Pivot Immersive Online Event/Activation Remote Production

LGBTQ Community Engagement

This award honors brands, organizations and institutions that use social media to effectively engage and collaborate with members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and queer communities.

See previous winners and honorees here.
LGBTQ Community Engagement
#REALVOICESOFPRIDE
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LGBTQ Community Engagement
2021 LGBTQ State of the Union with Billy Porter
Our objective is to reflect on American governmental leadership at its highest level, examine how i…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Comedy Central's The Gag
While there are incredible queer comedians, creeators, and publications, we felt that there was a w…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Dear Evan Hansen x RuPaul's Drag Race - "Sincerely Me"
To surface the difficult themes and heartfelt tone of Universal Picture’s Dear Evan Hansen, our goa…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Oraquick: The Musical
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LGBTQ Community Engagement
PRIDE 2021
For HBO Max’s Human By Orientation PRIDE 2021 campaign, we were dedicated to growing our presence o…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Painting Pride
The São Paulo Pride Parade has been one of the biggest events for the  LGBTQIAP+  community, standi…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Please Don’t Buy Mixwell
Mixwell was founded on the idea that the world is a better place when you mix well—inclusivity is t…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Proudly Visible
A cornerstone of our work is amplifying diverse voices, especially within the LGBTQ+ community. Goi…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
State Farm LGBTQ+ One Good Neighbor Campaign
The driving force behind this campaign was, and still is, brand authenticity. The LGBTQ+ Movement i…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Taking Up Space
For Pride 2021 FOLX Health encouraged LGBTQ+  people to literally take up space. Our campaign, Taki…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Tinder Presents “Once Upon a Bi”
“When you don’t see older versions of yourself mirrored in the media that you’re consuming at a y…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Two Sentence Horror Stories X Human Rights Campaign - Trans Youth Anti-Bullying Conversation
The objective was to raise awareness and support for the transgender community, and specifically to…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
VH1's LGBTQ Herstory Month
In recognition of LGBT History Month (October), the RuPaul’s Drag Race team gathered and photograph…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
VH1's RuPaul’s Drag Race Social
RuPaul’s Drag Race is inherently LGBTQ. It is the queer version of main stream sports on television…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
Veneno - Educating Through An Icon
Based on the memoir by Valeria Vegas “Not A Whore, Not A Saint: The Memories of La Veneno,” the sho…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
gOD-Talk: A Black Millennials and Faith Special Edition Dinner Conversation--Dallas, TX
According to the 2020 Religious Landscape Survey by the Pew Research Center, American millennials—p…
LGBTQ Community Engagement
“It’s a Sin” Time Capsule
We set out to engage the masses and build a passionate fandom for It’s A Sin while increasing visib…