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 NEW! Data Visualization Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI NEW! Graphic Art Images Sound & Music UX/UI Visual Effects Website/App NEW!

Industry

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

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Immersive Interactive Content NFTs

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence X Presence YouTube Presence

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast Health & Wellness Podcast NEW! Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast Sports Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Single Platform

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

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT NEW! Customer Experience Earned Media Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television 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 Dance Video Documentary NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video NEW! Product Feature Video Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 14th Annual Shorty Awards Public Service Announcement

This award honors the most creative and effective public service announcement run across any social media or digital platform by a brand, agency, or organization.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Public Service Announcement
winner
Fight for what’s Right
  BACKGROUND   India’s Issue with Women’s Safety 1 in 3 women in India is likely to hav…

Finalists

Public Service Announcement
finalist
Bajaj Finserv - Savdhaan Rahein Safe Rahein
To tackle the rising state of cyber and other frauds, especially with the blue-collar target audien…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Comedy Central's Why Not Both?
Comedy Central’s audience loves comedy, but they don’t necessarily turn to us for mental health mes…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Getting Open: Vikings Talk Mental Health
“It’s OK to not be OK.” This message was the Minnesota Vikings mission through the organization’…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
audience honor
Google’s Effort to Raise the Next Generation of Upstanders
We see it everywhere – in social captions, podcast names, even t-shirts: parents want to “raise goo…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Petrol Ofisi - Technologies Far Beyond The Roads
As Petrol Ofisi, Turkey's leading fuel company, we did not want to say on the sidelines when a pand…
Public Service Announcement
finalist
Together, We Can Help #StopSuicide
Many have experienced fear, anxiety, and uncertainty due to the pandemic, leading people to become …
Public Service Announcement
finalist
WarnerMedia Vaccine Trading Cards PSA
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, WarnerMedia has used its platforms to share pro-social messaging …

Nominees

Public Service Announcement
AMC Networks Hispanic Heritage Month PSA
The objective of the campaign was to communicate the tremendous impact of Hispanic History Month by…
Public Service Announcement
Community Unity
COVID-19 vaccination rates among young people and teens are lower than their parents and grandparen…
Public Service Announcement
Delta Variant Force
Despite the introduction of three effective vaccines, COVID-19 continued to ravage much of the Unit…