NOMINEES AND HOST ANTHONY ANDERSON ANNOUNCED FOR THE “53rd NAACP IMAGE AWARDS”

The full list of nominees can be found below:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Jennifer Hudson
• Lil Nas X
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Regina King
• Tiffany Haddish

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Motion Picture

• Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)
• The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
• The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu Original / New Slate Ventures / Lee Daniels Entertainment / Roth-Krischenbaum Films)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth (Apple TV+ / A24)
• Jonathan Majors – The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
• LaKeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Mahershala Ali – Swan Song (Apple TV+)
• Will Smith – King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu Original / New Slate Ventures / Lee Daniels Entertainment / Roth-Krischenbaum Films)
• Halle Berry – Bruised (Netflix)
• Jennifer Hudson – Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)
• Tessa Thompson – Passing (Netflix)
• Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Algee Smith – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Delroy Lindo – The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
• Idris Elba – The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
• LaKeith Stanfield – The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Audra McDonald – Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)
• Danielle Deadwyler – The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
• Dominique Fishback – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Regina King – The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

• American Skin (Vertical Entertainment)
• Bruised (Netflix)
• CODA (Apple TV+)
• Test Pattern (Kino Lorber)
• The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (RedBird Entertainment)

Outstanding International Motion Picture

• 7 Prisoners (Netflix)
• African America (Netflix)
• Eyimofe (This is My Desire) (Janus Films)
• Flee (Neon / Participant)
• The Gravedigger’s Wife (Orange Studio)

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture

• Ariana DeBose – West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
• Danny Boyd, Jr. – Bruised (Netflix)
• Jalon Christian – A Journal For Jordan (Columbia Pictures)
• Lonnie Chavis – The Water Man (RLJE Films)
• Sheila Atim – Bruised (Netflix)

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

• Coming 2 America (Paramount Releasing/Amazon Studios)
• Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)
• The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

• Encanto (Walt Disney Studios)
• Luca (Walt Disney Studios)
• Raya and the Last Dragon (Walt Disney Studios)
• Sing 2 (Universal Pictures)
• Vivo (Netflix)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture

• Andre Braugher – Spirit Untamed  (Universal Pictures)
• Awkwafina – Raya and the Last Dragon (Walt Disney Studios)
• Brian Tyree Henry – Vivo (Netflix)
• Eric André – Sing 2 (Universal Pictures)
• Letitia Wright – Sing 2  (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Short-Form (Live Action)

• Aurinko in Adagio (Universal Pictures)
• Blackout (Netflix)
• The Ice Cream Stop (Walt Disney Studios)
• These Final Hours (Universal Pictures)
• When The Sun Sets (Lakutshon’ Ilanga) (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Short-Form (Animated)

• Blush (Apple TV+)
• Robin Robin (Netflix)
• She Dreams at Sunrise (Tribeca Studios, Procter & Gamble)
• Twenty Something (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Us Again (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)

• Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson – Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective, Hulu)
• Jamila Wignot – Ailey (Neon)
• Jeymes Samuel – The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
• Liesl Tommy – Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)
• Rebecca Hall – Passing (Netflix)

TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Comedy Series

• `black-ish (ABC)
• Harlem (Amazon Studios)
• Insecure (HBO)
• Run the World (Starz)
• The Upshaws (Netflix)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson – `black-ish (ABC)
• Cedric the Entertainer – The Neighborhood (CBS)
• Don Cheadle – Black Monday (Showtime)
• Elisha ‘EJ’ Williams – The Wonder Years (ABC)
• Jay Ellis – Insecure (HBO)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO)
• Loretta Devine – Family Reunion (Netflix)
• Regina Hall – Black Monday (Showtime)
• Tracee Ellis Ross – `black-ish (ABC)
• Yvonne Orji – Insecure (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)
• Deon Cole – `black-ish (ABC)
• Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
• Kendrick Sampson – Insecure (HBO)
• Laurence Fishburne – `black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Amanda Seales – Insecure (HBO)
• Jenifer Lewis – `black-ish (ABC)
• Marsai Martin – `black-ish (ABC)
• Natasha Rothwell – Insecure (HBO)
• Wanda Sykes – The Upshaws (Netflix)

Outstanding Drama Series

• 9-1-1 (FOX)
• All American (The CW)
• Godfather of Harlem (EPIX)
• Pose (FX Network)
• Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Billy Porter – Pose (FX Network)
• Damson Idris – Snowfall (FX Network)
• Forest Whitaker – Godfather of Harlem (EPIX)
• Kofi Siriboe – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• Sterling K. Brown – This is Us (NBC)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 (FOX)
• Dawn-Lyen Gardner – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• Octavia Spencer – Truth Be Told (Apple TV+)
• Queen Latifah – The Equalizer (CBS)
• Rutina Wesley – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Alex R. Hibbert – The Chi (Showtime)
• Cliff “Method Man” Smith – Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)
• Daniel Ezra – All American (The CW)
• Giancarlo Esposito – Godfather of Harlem (EPIX)
• Joe Morton – Our Kind of People (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Alfre Woodard – SEE (Apple TV+)
• Bianca Lawson – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• Chandra Wilson – Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
• Mary J. Blige – Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)
• Susan Kelechi Watson – This is Us (NBC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• Colin in Black & White – (Netflix)
• Genius: Aretha – (National Geographic)
• Love Life – (HBO Max)
• Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia – (Lifetime)
• The Underground Railroad – (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• Anthony Mackie – Solos (Amazon Studios)
• Jaden Michael – Colin in Black & White (Netflix)
• Kevin Hart – True Story (Netflix)
• Wesley Snipes – True Story (Netflix)
• William Jackson Harper – Love Life (HBO Max)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• Betty Gabriel – Clickbait (Netflix)
• Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)
• Danielle Brooks – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
• Jodie Turner-Smith – Anne Boleyn (AMC+)
• Taraji P. Henson – Annie Live! (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• Courtney B. Vance – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)
• Keith David – Black As Night (Amazon Studios)
• Tituss Burgess – Annie Live! (NBC)
• Will Catlett – True Story (Netflix)
• William Jackson Harper – The Underground Railroad (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• Anika Noni Rose – Maid (Netflix)
• Natasha Rothwell – The White Lotus (HBO)
• Pauletta Washington – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)
• Regina Hall – Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu)
• Sheila Atim – The Underground Railroad (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)

• Blood on Black Wall Street: The Legacy of the Tulsa Massacre (NBC)
• NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (NBC)
• Soul of A Nation (ABC)
• The Reidout (MSNBC)
• Unsung (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series

• Desus & Mero (Showtime)
• Hart to Heart (Peacock)
• Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
• Tamron Hall (Syndicated)
• The Real (Syndicated)

Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series)

• Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
• Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• Sweet Life: Los Angeles (HBO Max)
• The Voice (NBC)
• Wild ‘n Out (VH1)

Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special)

• A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
• BET Awards 2021 (BET)
• Dave Chappelle: The Closer (Netflix)
• Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 (Amazon Studios)
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Children’s Program

• Ada Twist, Scientist (Netflix)
• Family Reunion (Netflix)
• Karma’s World (Netflix)
• Raven’s Home (Disney Channel)
• Waffles + Mochi (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series)

• Alayah “Lay Lay” High – That Girl Lay Lay (Nickelodeon)
• Celina Smith – Annie Live! (NBC)
• Elisha ‘EJ’ Williams – The Wonder Years (ABC)
• Eris Baker – This Is Us (NBC)
• Miles Brown – `black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

• Joy Reid – The Reidout (MSNBC)
• Daniel “Desus Nice” Baker, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez – Desus & Mero (Showtime)
• Garcelle Beauvais, Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai Jenkins – The Real (Syndicated)
• Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith – Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
• LeBron James – The Shop: Uninterrupted (HBO)

Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

• Alfonso Ribeiro – America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
• Amber Ruffin – The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)
• Cedric The Entertainer – 73^rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (CBS)
• Iyanla Vanzant – Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Guest Performance

• Alani “La La” Anthony – The Chi (Showtime)
• Christina Elmore – Insecure (HBO)
• Daniel Kaluuya – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
• Erika Alexander – Run the World (Starz)
• Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Animated Series

• Big Mouth (Netflix)
• Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz (Kweli TV)
• Super Sema (YouTube Originals)
• We The People (Netflix)
• Yasuke (Netflix)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television)

• Angela Bassett – Malika: The Lion Queen (FOX)
• Billy Porter – Fairfax (Amazon Studios)
• Chris “Ludacris” Bridges – Karma’s World (Netflix)
• Cree Summer – Rugrats (Nickelodeon)
• Keke Palmer – Big Mouth (Netflix)

Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama

• Between the Scenes – The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
• Dark Humor (Comedy Central / YouTube)
• Della Mae (AspireTV)
• The Disney Launchpad: Shorts Incubator (Disney+)
• Two Sides: Unfaithful (Snapchat)

Outstanding Short Form Series or Special – Reality/Nonfiction

• Life By The Horns (Snapchat)
• Memory Builds The Monument (Fifth Ward CRC)
• Widen the Screen: 8:46 Films (BET)
• Through Our Eyes: Shelter (HBO Max)
• Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day (Paramount+)

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)

• Angel Kristi Williams – Colin in Black & White (Netflix)
• Cierra Glaude – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• Deborah Riley Draper – The Legacy of Black Wall Street (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• Halcyon Person – Karma’s World (Netflix)
• Quyen Tran – Maid (Netflix)

RECORDING CATEGORIES

Outstanding New Artist

• Cynthia Erivo – Ch. 1 Vs. 1 (Verve Records / UMG Recordings)
• Jimmie Allen – Bettie James Gold Edition (BBR Music Group)
• Saweetie – Best Friend feat. Doja Cat (ICY / Warner Records)
• Tems – If Orange Was A Place (RCA Records / Since ’93)
• Zoe Wees – Girls Like Us (Capitol Records)

Outstanding Male Artist

• Anthony Hamilton – Love Is The New Black (My Music Box LLC / BMG)
• Drake – Way 2 Sexy (Republic Records)
• Givēon – Heartbreak Anniversary (Epic Records)
• J. Cole – The Off-Season (Dreamville / Roc Nation)
• Lil Nas X – Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Female Artist

• H.E.R. – Back of My Mind (RCA Records / MBK Entertainment)
• Ari Lennox – Pressure (Dreamville / Interscope Records)
• Beyonce´ – Be Alive (Columbia Records / Parkwood)
• Chlöe – Have Mercy (Columbia Records / Parkwood)
• Jazmine Sullivan – Heaux Tales (RCA Records)

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album

• Anthems & Glory – Todd Dulaney (MNRK Music Group)
• Believe For It – CeCe Winans (Pure Springs Gospel / Fair Trade Services / Red Alliance Media)
• Jonny x Mali: Live in L.A. – Jonathan McReynolds and Mali Music  (Life Room Label LLC / K Approved Enterprises. Inc.)
• Overcomer – Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
• Power – Jason McGee & The Choir (My Block, Inc.)

Outstanding International Song

• Essence – Wizkid feat. Tems and Justin Bieber  (RCA Records / Starboy / Sony Music International)
• Peru – Fireboy DML  (YBNL Nation / Empire)
• Somebody’s Son – Tiwa Savage feat. Brandy (Motown)
• Touch It – KiDi (Lynx Entertainment / MadeInENY / Empire)
• Understand – Omah Lay (The KeyQaad / Sire Records)

Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album

• Best Friend – Saweetie feat. Doja Cat (ICY / Warner Records)
• Essence – Wizkid feat. Tems (RCA Records / Starboy / Sony Music International)
• Fye Fye – Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fat Nwigwe (Tobe Nwigwe, LLC)
• Have Mercy – Chlöe (Columbia Records / Parkwood)
• Leave The Door Open – Silk Sonic (Atlantic / Aftermath)

Outstanding Album

• An Evening with Silk Sonic – Silk Sonic (Atlantic / Aftermath)
• Back of My Mind – H.E.R. (RCA Records / MBK Entertainment)
• Certified Lover Boy – Drake (Republic Records)
• Heaux Tales – Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)
• When It’s All Said and Done… Take Time – Givēon (Epic Records)

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album

• Coming 2 America (Amazon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Eddie Murphy, Craig Brewer, Kevin Misher,  Randy Spendlove, Jeff Harleston, Brittney Ramsdell (Def Jam Recordings)
• Judas and the Black Messiah (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Mark Isham and Craig Harris (WaterTower Music)
• Respect (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Jason Michael Webb and Stephen Bray (Epic Records)
• The Harder They Fall (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) – JAY-Z and Jeymes Samuel (Geneva Club / Roc Nation Records, LLC)
• The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture) – Salaam Remi, Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq, Warren “E” Felder, Downtown Trevor Brown (Warner Records)

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song

• Believe For It – CeCe Winans (Pure Springs Gospel / Fair Trade Services / Red Alliance Media)
• Help Me – Tamela Mann feat. The Fellas (Tillymann Music Group)
• Hold Us Together (Hope Mix) – H.E.R. and Tauren Wells (RCA Records / Sony Music)
• Overcome 2021 – Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul / RCA Records )
• Time for Reparations – Sounds of Blackness (Sounds of Blackness / Atomic K Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental

• Forever…Jaz – Jazmin Ghent (Independent Artist)
• Love Languages – Nathan Mitchell (ENM Music Group)
• Somewhere Different – Brandee Younger (Impulse! Records)
• Sounds from the Ancestors – Kenny Garrett (Mack Avenue Music Group)
• The Magic of Now – Orrin Evans (Smoke Sessions Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album – Vocal

• Dear Love – Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force (Empress Legacy Records)
• Generations – The Baylor Project (Be A Light)
• Ledisi Sings Nina – Ledisi (Listen Back Entertainment / BMG)
• Let There Be Love – Freda Payne (Alain Franke Records)
• SALSWING! – Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta (Rubén Blades Productions)

Outstanding Soul/R&B Song

• Damage – H.E.R. (RCA Records / MBK Entertainment)
• Be Alive – Beyoncé (Columbia Records / Parkwood)
• Have Mercy – Chlöe (Columbia Records / Parkwood)
• Leave The Door Open – Silk Sonic (Atlantic / Aftermath)
• Pick Up Your Feelings – Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)

Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song

• Best Friend – Saweetie feat. Doja Cat (ICY / Warner Records)
• Fye Fye – Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fat Nwigwe (Tobe Nwigwe, LLC)
• Industry Baby – Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow (Columbia Records)
• My Life with 21 Savage and Morray – J. Cole (Dreamville / Roc Nation)
• Way 2 Sexy – Drake (Republic Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional)

• Anthony Hamilton feat. Jennifer Hudson – Superstar (My Music Box LLC / BMG)
• Chlöe x Halle – Georgia On My Mind (Columbia Records / Parkwood)
• Jazmine Sullivan feat. H.E.R. – Girl Like Me (RCA Records)
• Leela James feat. Anthony Hamilton – Complicated (Remix) (SheSangz Music, Inc. / BMG)
• Silk Sonic – Leave the Door Open (Atlantic / Aftermath)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary)

• Chris Brown feat. Young Thug, Future, Lil Durk and Latto – Go Crazy (Remix) (RCA Records)
• Doja Cat feat. SZA – Kiss Me More (RCA Records / Kemosabe Records)
• Drake feat. Future & Young Thug – Way 2 Sexy (Republic Records)
• H.E.R. feat. Chris Brown – Come Through (RCA Records / MBK Entertainment)
• Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fat Nwigwe – Fye Fye (Tobe Nwigwe, LLC)

DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES

Outstanding Documentary (Film)

• Attica (Showtime)
• Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power (Greenwich Entertainment)
• My Name Is Pauli Murray (Amazon Studios in association with Participant)
• Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective, Hulu)
• Tina (HBO Documentary Films)

Outstanding Documentary (Television)

• 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (Apple TV+)
• American Masters: How It Feels to Be Free (PBS)
• Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (Netflix)
• High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (Netflix)
• Insecure Documentary (HBO)

WRITING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Ashley Nicole Black – Ted Lasso – “Do the Right-est Thing” (Apple TV+)
• Issa Rae – Insecure -“Everything’s Gonna Be, Okay?!” (HBO)
• Leann Bowen – Ted Lasso – “Lavender” (Apple TV+)
• Maya Erskine – Pen15 – “Blue in Green” (Hulu)
• Temi Wilkey – Sex Education – “Episode #3.6” (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

• Aurin Squire – Evil – “C Is For Cop” (Paramount+)
• Davita Scarlett – The Good Fight – “And the Firm Had Two Partners…” (Paramount+)
• Malcolm Spellman – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – “New World Order” (Disney+)
• Nkechi Okoro Carroll – All American – “Homecoming” (The CW)
• Steven Canals, Janet Mock, Our Lady J, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy – Pose – “Series Finale” (FX Network)

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special

• Abdul Williams – Salt-N-Pepa (Lifetime Movie Network)
• Mario Miscione  , Marcella Ochoa – Madres (Amazon Studios)
• Monique N. Matthew – A Holiday In Harlem (Hallmark Channel)
• Sameer Gardezi – Hot Mess Holiday (Comedy Central)
• Sherman Payne – Black As Night (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

• Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris – Zola (A24)
• Jeymes Samuel, Boaz Yakin – The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
• Shaka King, Will Berson, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Virgil Williams – A Journal for Jordan (Columbia Pictures)
• Win Rosenfeld, Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele – Candyman (Universal Pictures)

DIRECTING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Bashir Salahuddin, Diallo Riddle – South Side – “Tornado” (HBO Max)
• Melina Matsoukas – Insecure – “Reunited, Okay?!” (HBO)
• Neema Barnette – Harlem – “Once Upon A Time in Harlem” (Amazon Studios)
• Prentice Penny – Insecure – “Everything’s Gonna Be, Okay?!” (HBO)
• Tiffany Johnson – Black Monday – “Eight!” (Showtime)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

• Anthony Hemingway – Genius: Aretha “Respect” (National Geographic)
• Barry Jenkins – The Underground Railroad – “Indiana Winter” (Amazon Studios)
• Carl Seaton – Snowfall – “Fight or Flight” (FX Network)
• Carl Seaton – Godfather of Harlem – “The Bonanno Split” (EPIX)
• Hanelle Culpepper – True Story – “Like Cain Did Abel” (Netflix)

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special

• Jaffar Mahmood – Hot Mess Holiday (Comedy Central)
• Kenny Leon – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
• Mario Van Peebles – Salt-N-Pepa (Lifetime)
• Maritte Lee Go – Black As Night (Amazon Studios)
• Veronica Rodriguez – Let’s Get Merried (VH1)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

• Denzel Washington – A Journal for Jordan (Columbia Pictures)
• Jeymes Samuel – The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
• Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick tick…BOOM! (Netflix)
• Reinaldo Marcus Green – King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Shaka King – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)

• Andre Gaines – The One and Only Dick Gregory (Showtime)
• Dawn Porter – Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer (National Geographic)
• Sam Pollard – MLK/FBI (IFC Films)
• Samantha Knowles, Yoruba Richen, Geeta Gandbhir, Nadia Hallgren – Black and Missing (HBO)
• Spike Lee – NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ (HBO Max)

LITERARY CATEGORIES

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

• Harlem Shuffle – Colson Whitehead (Penguin Random House)
• Libertie – Kaitlyn Greenidge (Algonquin Books)
• Long Division – Kiese Laymon (Simon & Schuster)
• The Man Who Lived Underground – Richard Wright (Library of America)
• The Perishing – Natashia Deón (Counterpoint Press)

Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction

• Dance Theatre of Harlem – Judy Tyrus, Paul Novosel (Kensington)
• Just As I Am – Cicely Tyson (Amistad)
• My Remarkable Journey – Katherine Johnson (Amistad)
• Renegades: Born in the USA – Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen (Penguin Random House)
• The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story – Nikole Hannah-Jones (Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

• Just As I Am – Cicely Tyson (Amistad)
• My Remarkable Journey – Katherine Johnson (Amistad)
• Other Black Girl: A Novel – Zakiya Dalila Harris (Simon & Schuster)
• The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois – Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (HarperCollins Publishers)
• Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts – Rebecca Hall (Simon & Schuster)

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography

• Just As I Am – Cicely Tyson (Amistad)
• Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement – Tarana Burke (Macmillan / Flatiron Books)
• Unprotected: A Memoir – Billy Porter (Abrams Press)
• Until I Am Free – Keisha Blain (Beacon Press)
• Will – Will Smith (Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

• Diversity Is Not Enough: A Roadmap to Recruit, Develop and Promote Black Leaders in America  – Keith Wyche (Kandelle Publishing)
• Feeding the Soul (Because It’s My Business) – Tabitha Brown (HarperCollins Publishers)
• Permission to Dream – Chris Gardner (Amistad)
• Teaching Black History to White People – Leonard N. Moore (University of Texas Press)
• The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations – Robert Livingston (Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

• Perfect Black – Crystal Wilkinson (University Press of Kentucky)
• Playlist for the Apocalypse – Rita Dove (W. W. Norton & Company)
• Such Color: New and Selected Poems – Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press)
• The Wild Fox of Yemen – Threa Almontaser (Graywolf Press)
• What Water Knows: Poems – Jacqueline Jones LaMon (Northwestern University Press)

Outstanding Literary Work – Children

• Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy – Misty Copeland (Aladdin)
• Change Sings – Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Penguin Young Readers)
• Stacey’s Extraordinary Words – Stacey Abrams, Kitt Thomas (HarperCollins)
• Time for Bed, Old House – Janet Costa Bates, A.G. Ford (Candlewick Press)
• When Langston Dances – Kaija Langley, Keith Mallett (S&S Books for Young Readers)

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

• Ace of Spades – Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Feiwel & Friends / Macmillan)
• Happily Ever Afters – Elise Bryant (HarperCollins)
• The Cost of Knowing – Brittney Morris (Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• When You Look Like Us – Pamela N. Harris (HarperCollins)
• Wings of Ebony – J. Elle (S&S Books for Young Readers)