Shorty Awards

The best of digital and social media

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Annual Programs

October 2023 - Feb 2024
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The Shorty Awards is an annual, international flagship awards competition honoring brands, agencies & organizations producing great content across digital and social. Entries are closed. Email us for entry-related questions. Finalists will be announced in early April.

May - September 2024
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The Shorty Impact Awards is an international awards program dedicated to celebrating purpose-driven work from brands, agencies and nonprofits that make the world a better place. Winners for the 8th Annual Shorty Impact Awards have been announced. Check out the full list!

May - September 2023
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The $100K Elevate Creatives Fund is designed to remove financial barriers for creatives, so they can break the Internet—not the bank. Five recipients will each receive $20K, plus free personalized bookkeeping and accounting coaching from Wave’s in-house experts.

16th Annual Shorty Awards

Shorty Awards Categories

More than 140 categories to choose from, including 9 new categories. Browse through the categories and start your entry!


Category List

Meet the judges

Each season the Shorty Awards carefully curates a group of Real Time Academy members to judge the current competition.


Meet the judges

SHORTY AWARDS WINNERS

View award-winning work from the top brands, agencies and creative minds.


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THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!