Shorty Awards Celebrate 16th Annual Winners Including The Kitchen, Bobbie, and Google

And Expand Programs to Support the Creative Community including the 2nd Elevate Creatives Fund in partnership with Wave

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Shorty Awards, the premier platform dedicated to celebrating excellence in digital and social media content, unveiled its 16th annual winners on May 22, 2024.

Brands, agencies, non-profits, and independent creators were honored across 148 categories. It also marked the launch of the second Elevate Creatives Fund and a new partnership with Pantone. The ceremony pays tribute to the birthplace of the Shorty Awards - New York City, for its role in setting cultural trends, featuring live performances from hip hop group W.A.F.F.L.E CREW, interdisciplinary artist Ja'Bowen Dixon and avant-garde visual artist Dalt Jacob.

This season’s notable winners included The Kitchen North America, Verizon Creative Marketing, Bobbie, Google, Loop, TMA, Hearts & Science, Fitzco, Barkley, WRTHY, OMD U.S., Webber Shandwick, The Social Lights, They Many, We Are Social, Barbie, Armed Mind, Al Jazeera Digital, WNBA, Wieden + Kennedy, Whalar, Wayfair, The Walt Disney Studios, TelevisaUnivision, among others, all recognized for their innovative and creative projects. A complete list of winners is available here.

"This year marks a turning point in digital and social media under greater scrutiny. The Shorty Awards exist to amplify innovative, effective, and meaningful work, to connect creators, brands, agencies, media and technology, and to redefine the rules of engagement," said Junmian Sun, Managing Director of The Shorty Awards. “What started as a grassroots effort to honor the most creative people on the internet 16 years ago, has evolved into a community of hundreds of thousands of digital storytellers who constantly challenge the status quo and move culture forward.”

Full press release here

About The Shorty Awards:

Founded in 2008, the Shorty Awards honor the most innovative work in digital and social media, by organizations in all sectors and sizes, as well as individual creatives and creators from around the world.

Entries are judged on the merits of creativity, strategy, and engagement by the Real Time Academy, a body of hand-selected industry experts and leaders. The public can also weigh in and select their favorite Shorty Awards contenders during Audience Honor Voting.

Currently, the Shortys have two annual competitions, the flagship Shorty Awards and Shorty Impact Awards dedicated to honoring the best work with a positive social impact.