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

Animation

This award honors the most creative and effective use of custom animations - or still images that have been manipulated to create moving images - in a social media or digital marketing campaign.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Finalists

Animation
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Goosebumps CGI Slappy
Inspired by R.L. Stine's best-selling Scholastic book series, "Goosebumps" follows a group of five …
Animation
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A Lenovo TrackPoint Halloween (2023)
Celebrating Halloween with an ambitious animated video has become essentially tradition for Lenovo’…
Animation
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DreamWorks' The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday "12 Days of Being Bad"
The Bad Guys are back and badder than ever in their holiday special, "The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holi…
Animation
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AMC Flavor Maker
AMC and Coca-Cola have been partners for over 100 years. To keep the popcorn and Coke movie ritual …
Animation
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It's Time For Supreme Court Term Limits
The Brennan Center for Justice developed a national digital campaign to build public support for Su…
Animation
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Jeopardy! - "Bouncing Cards" GIF
Because so much of what we do across Jeopardy! social is devoted to highlighting a promoting great …
Animation
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Star Stories with Toure'
The goal of the Star Stories with Tourè documentary podcast series was to recreate the incredible, …
Animation
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem TOYS Recreate NEW Movie! 🐢
To celebrate the release of the all-new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie “Mutant Mayhem,” we set …

Nominees

Animation
“What is the Clinton Global Initiative?” an animated video series
The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) is a community of leaders who work together to create and imple…
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