Shorty Awards is a annual industry award recognizing excellence in Marketing. Organized by Shorty Awards LLC, it covers the Global region. Established in 2008.
The Shorty Awards were the first major program dedicated to social media, and today they recognize brands, agencies, publishers, and creators for excellence in social content, campaigns, and platform-native storytelling. The sibling Shorty Impact Awards honor social-good work.
Entries combine jury scoring by the Real Time Academy with public engagement signals, and finalists gain visibility through the program's own social amplification — fitting for the medium it judges.
For social teams and creator-economy companies, a Shorty is the most recognizable social-specific credential and a practical differentiator in pitches to social-first clients.