It’s Here! The NAACP Image Awards Nominees

The countdown to the 52nd NAACP Image Awards Ceremony, which honors people of color in the entertainment industry, has begun!

The NAACP Image Awards star-studded Class of 2021 will feature some of the entertainment industry’s biggest names. Special performers, R&B legend Maxwell, and Grammy-nominated artist Jazmine Sullivan are set to take the stage. D-Nice, Viola Davis, Trevor Noah, Regina King, and Tyler Perry are all nominated for Entertainer of the Year.

For King, this is her third year in a row being nominated for the category and Perry’s second. Davis was nominated for the top award from 2015-2017. King, Davis, and Perry have all won NAACP’s Entertainer of the Year. For D-Nice and Trevor, this is their first nomination within this category.

The complete lists of nominees is listed below.

SPECIAL AWARD CATEGORIES

Social Justice Impact

• April Ryan
• Debbie Allen
• Lebron James
• Stacey Abrams
• Tamika Mallory

Entertainer of the Year

• D-Nice
• Regina King
• Viola Davis
• Trevor Noah
• Tyler Perry

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Motion Picture

• “Bad Boys For Life” (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment)
• “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
• “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)
• “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
• “One Night In Miami…” (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Anthony Mackie – “The Banker” (Apple TV Plus)
• Chadwick Boseman – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
• Delroy Lindo – “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
• Forest Whitaker – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)
• Will Smith – “Bad Boys For Life” (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Issa Rae – “The Photograph” (Universal Pictures)
• Janelle Monáe – “Antebellum” (Lionsgate)
• Madalen Mills – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)
• Tracee Ellis Ross – “The High Note” (Focus Features)
• Viola Davis – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Aldis Hodge – “One Night In Miami…” (Amazon Studios)
• Chadwick Boseman – “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
• Clarke Peters – “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
• Colman Domingo – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
• Glynn Turman – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Anika Noni Rose – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)
• Gabourey Sidibe – “Antebellum” (Lionsgate)
• Nia Long – “The Banker” (Apple TV Plus)
• Phylicia Rashad – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)
• Taylour Paige – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

• “Emperor” (Universal Home Video)
• “Farewell Amor” (IFC Films)
• “Miss Juneteenth” (Vertical Entertainment)
• “The 24th” (Vertical Entertainment)
• “The Banker” (Apple TV Plus)

Outstanding International Motion Picture

• “Ainu Mosir” (ARRAY)
• “His House” (Netflix)
• “Night of the Kings” (Neon)
• “The Last Tree” (ArtMattan Productions)
• “The Life Ahead” (La vita davanti a se) (Netflix)

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture

• Dayo Okeniyi – “Emperor” (Universal Home Video)
• Dominique Fishback – “Project Power” (Netflix)
• Jahi Di’Allo Winston – “Charm City Kings” (HBO Max)
• Jahzir Bruno – “The Witches” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Madalen Mills – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

• “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
• “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)
• “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
• “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• “The Banker” (Apple TV Plus)

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

• “Onward” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• “Over the Moon” (Netflix)
• “Scoob!” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• “Trolls World Tour” (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture

• Ahmir-Khalib Thompson aka Questlove – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Angela Bassett – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Chris Rock – “The Witches” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Jamie Foxx – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Phylicia Rashad – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Outstanding Short Form (Live Action)

• “Baldwin Beauty” (Powderkeg Media)
• “Black Boy Joy” (Film Independent Project Involve )
• “Gets Good Light”
• “Home”
• “& Mrs. Ellis” (AMB Productions)

Outstanding Short Form (Animated)

• “Canvas” (Netflix)
• “Cops and Robbers” (Netflix)
• “Loop” (Pixar Animation Studios)
• “The Power of Hope” (The Power Of Hope)
• “Windup” (Unity Technologies)

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)

• Loira Limbal – “Through the Night” (Third Shift Media, Inc.)
• Melissa Haizlip – “Mr. Soul!” (Shoes In The Bed Productions)
• Nadia Hallgren – “Becoming” (A Higher Ground Productions and Big Mouth Productions Film for Netflix)
• Radha Blank – “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix)
• Remi Weekes – “His House” (Netflix)

DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES

Outstanding Documentary (Film)

• “All In: The Fight For Democracy” (Amazon Studios)
• “Coded Bias” (7th Empire Media)
• “John Lewis: Good Trouble” (Magnolia Pictures/Participant)
• “Soul!” (Shoes in the Bed Productions)
• “On the Record” (HBO Max)

Outstanding Documentary (Television)

• “And She Could Be Next” (PBS)
• “Black Love” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• “Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade” (EPIX)
• “The Last Dance” (ESPN / Netflix)
• “Unsung” (TV One)

TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Comedy Series

• “#blackAF” (Netflix)
• “Black-ish” (ABC)
• “grown-ish” (Freeform)
• “Insecure” (HBO)
• “The Last O.G.” (TBS)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson – “Black-ish” (ABC)
• Cedric The Entertainer – “The Neighborhood” (CBS)
• Don Cheadle – “Black Monday” (Showtime)
• Idris Elba – “In the Long Run” (Starz)
• Tracy Morgan – “The Last O.G.” (TBS)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• Issa Rae – “Insecure” (HBO)
• Folake Olowofoyeku – “Bob Hearts Abishola” (CBS)
• Regina Hall – “Black Monday” (Showtime)
• Tracee Ellis Ross – “Black-ish” (ABC)
• Yara Shahidi – “Grown-ish” (Freeform)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (NBC)
• Deon Cole – “Black-ish” (ABC)
• Jay Ellis – “Insecure” (HBO)
• Kenan Thompson – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
• Laurence Fishburne – “Black-ish” (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Jenifer Lewis – “Black-ish” (ABC)
• Marsai Martin – “Black-ish” (ABC)
• Natasha Rothwell – “Insecure” (HBO)
• Tichina Arnold – “The Neighborhood” (CBS)
• Yvonne Orji – “Insecure” (HBO)

Outstanding Drama Series

• “All Rise” (CBS)
• “Bridgerton” (Netflix)
• “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)
• “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz)
• “This Is Us” (NBC)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Jonathan Majors – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)
• Keith David – “Greenleaf” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• Nicco Annan – “P-Valley” (Starz)
• Regé-Jean Page – “Bridgerton” (Netflix)
• Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us” (NBC)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Angela Bassett – “9-1-1” (FOX)
• Brandee Evans – “P-Valley” (Starz)
• Jurnee Smollett – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)
• Simone Missick – “All Rise” (CBS)
• Viola Davis – “How To Get Away With Murder” (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Clifford “Method Man” Smith – “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz)
• Delroy Lindo – “The Good Fight” (CBS All Access)
• Alphonse Nicholson – “P-Valley” (Starz)
• Jeffrey Wright – “Westworld” (HBO)
• Michael Kenneth Williams – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Adjoa Andoh – “Bridgerton” (Netflix)
• Aunjanue Ellis – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)
• Lynn Whitfield – “Greenleaf” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• Mary J. Blige – “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz)
• Susan Kelechi Watson – “This Is Us” (NBC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special

• “Hamilton” (Disney Plus)
• “Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu)
• “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” (Netflix)
• “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios)
• “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime)

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

• Blair Underwood – “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” (Netflix)
• Chris Rock – “Fargo” (FX)
• Daveed Diggs – “Hamilton” (Disney Plus)
• Leslie Odom, Jr. – “Hamilton” (Disney Plus)
• Nnamdi Asomugha – “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios)

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

• Aunjanue Ellis – “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime)
• Kerry Washington – “Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu)
• Michaela Coel – “I May Destroy You” (HBO)
• Octavia Spencer – “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” (Netflix)
• Tessa Thompson – “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)

• “AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis Special” (MSNBC)
• “Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview” (Showtime)
• “The Color of Covid” (CNN)
• “The New York Times Presents The Killing of Breonna Taylor” (FX)
• “The Reidout” (NBC)

Outstanding Talk Series

• “Red Table Talk” (Facebook Watch)
• “Tamron Hall” (Syndicated )
• “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
• “The Oprah Conversation” (Apple TV Plus)
• “The Shop: Uninterrupted” (HBO)

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

• “Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC)
• “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• “Shark Tank” (ABC)
• “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” (CNN)
• “Voices of Fire” (Netflix)

Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special)

• “8:46” (Netflix)
• “Black Is King” (Disney+)
• “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion” (HBO Max)
• “VERZUZ” (APPLE TV Plus)
• “Yvonne Orji: Momma I Made It!” (HBO)

Outstanding Children’s Program

• “Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices” (Netflix)
• “Craig of the Creek” (Cartoon Network)
• “Family Reunion” (Netflix)
• “Raven’s Home” (Disney Channel)
• “We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical” (HBO)

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

• Alex R. Hibbert – “The Chi” (Showtime)
• Lexi Underwood – “Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu)
• Lyric Ross – “This Is Us” (NBC)
• Marsai Martin – “Black-ish” (ABC)
• Miles Brown – “Black-ish” (ABC)

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

• Don Lemon – “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon” (CNN)
• Jada Pinkett Smith – “Red Table Talk” (Facebook Watch)
• Joy Reid – “The Reidout” (NBC)
• LeBron James – “The Shop: Uninterrupted” (HBO)
• Trevor Noah – “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)

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)
• Iyanla Vanzant – “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• Steve Harvey – “Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC)
• Kamau Bell – “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” (CNN)
• RuPaul – “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1)

Outstanding Guest Performance – Comedy or Drama Series

• Chris Rock – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
• Courtney B. Vance – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)
• Dave Chappelle – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
• Issa Rae – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
• Loretta Devine – “P-Valley” (Starz)

Outstanding Animated Series

• “Big Mouth” (Netflix)
• “Central Park” (Apple TV Plus)
• “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
• “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” (Netflix)
• “Star Trek: Lower Decks” (CBS All Access)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television)

• Aisha Tyler – “Archer” (FX)
• Courtney B. Vance – “Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story” (PBS)
• Dawnn Lewis – “Star Trek: Lower Decks” (CBS All Access)
• Deon Cole – “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts” (Netflix)
• Laya DeLeon Hayes – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)

Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama

• “#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi)
• “CripTales” (BBC America)
• “Lazor Wulf” (Adult Swim)
• “Mapleworth Murders” (Quibi)
• “Sincerely, Camille” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

Outstanding Performance in a Short Form Series

• Giancarlo Esposito – “The Broken and the Bad” (AMC.com )
• B. Smoove – “Mapleworth Murders” (Quibi)
• Jasmine Cephas Jones – “#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi)
• Laurence Fishburne – “#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi)
• Stephan James – “#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi)

Outstanding Short Form Series – Reality/Nonfiction

• “American Masters” – Unladylike2020 (PBS)
• “Benedict Men” (Quibi)
• “Between The Scenes – The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)
• “In The Making” (PBS)
• “Inspire Change Series” (NFL Network)

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)

• Katori Hall – P-Valley (Starz)
• Keith Knight – Woke (Hulu)
• Ramy Youssef – Ramy (Hulu)
• Raynelle Swilling – Cherish the Day (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
• Teri Schaffer – Cherish the Day (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

RECORDING CATEGORIES

Outstanding New Artist

• Chika – High Rises (Warner Records)
• Doja Cat – Say So (RCA Records/Kemosabe )
• D Smoke – Black Habits (WoodWorks Records / EMPIRE)
• Giveon – When It’s All Said And Done (Epic Records)
• Skip Marley – Higher Place (Island Records/ Tuff Gong Records)

Outstanding Male Artist

• Big Sean – Detroit 2 (Def Jam Recordings/G.O.O.D Music)
• Black Thought – Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able (Republic Records)
• Charlie Wilson – All of My Love (P Music Group/BMG)
• Drake – Laugh Now, Cry Later (Republic Records)
• John Legend – Bigger Love (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Female Artist

• Beyoncé – Black Parade (Columbia Record/ Parkwood)
• E.R. – I Can’t Breathe (RCA Records/MBK Entertainment)
• Jazmine Sullivan – Lost One (RCA Records)
• Ledisi – Anything For You (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG)
• Alicia Keys – Alicia (RCA Records)

Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album

• “I Can’t Breathe” – H.E.R. (RCA Records/MBK Entertainment)
• “Anything For You” – Ledisi (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG)
• “Black is King” – Beyonce´ (Columbia Record/ Parkwood)
• “Brown Skin Girl” – Beyonce’ feat WizKid, SAINt JHN, Blu Ivy Carter (Columbia Record/ Parkwood)
• “Do It” – Chloe x Halle (Columbia Record/ Parkwood)

Outstanding Album

• “Alicia” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
• “b7” – Brandy (Brand Nu/eOne)
• “Bigger Love” – John Legend (Columbia Records)
• “Chilombo” – Jhené Aiko (Def Jam Recordings)
• “The Wild Card” – LEDISI (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG)

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album

• “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Music from the Netflix Film) – Branford Marsalis (Milan)
• “Insecure: Music from the HBO Original Series” – Various Artists (Atlantic Records)
• “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” – Various Artists (Atlantic Records )
• “Soul Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste and Tom MacDougall (Walt Disney Records)
• “The First Ladies of Gospel: The Clark Sisters Biopic Soundtrack” – Donald Lawrence (Relevé Entertainment)

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album

• Chosen Vessel – Marvin Sapp (RCA Inspiration)
• Gospel According to PJ – PJ Morton (Morton Inspiration / Tyscot Records)
• I Am – Koryn Hawthorne (RCA Inspiration)
• Kierra – Kierra Sheard (Karew/RCA Inspiration)
• The Return – The Clark Sisters (Karew/Motown)

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song

• All in His Plan – PJ Morton (Morton Inspiration / Tyscot Records)
• Never Lost – CeCe Winans (Pure Springs Gospel)
• Something Has To Break – Kierra Sheard feat. Tasha Cobbs-Leonard (Karew/RCA Inspiration)
• Strong God – Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA Records)
• Touch from You – Tamela Mann (TillyMann Inc.)

Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental

• Be Water – Christian Sands (Mack Avenue Music Group)
• Music From and Inspired By Soul – Jon Batiste (Walt Disney Records)
• Omega – Immanuel Wilkins (Blue Note Records)
• Reciprocity – George Burton (Inner Circle Music)
• The Iconoclast – Barry Stephenson (Independent)

Outstanding Jazz Album – Vocal

• Donny Duke and Wonder – Nathan Mitchell (ENM Music Group)
• Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper – Somi (Salon Africana)
• Pulling Off The Covers – Mike Phillips (Sono Recording Group)
• Stronger – Jeff Bradshaw (Bone Deep Enterprises)
• The Eddy (From The Netflix Original Series) – The Eddy (Arista Records)

Outstanding Soul/R&B Song

• I Can’t Breathe – H.E.R. (RCA Records/MBK Entertainment)
• Anything For You – LEDISI (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG)
• S. feat. H.E.R – Jhené Aiko (Def Jam Recordings)
• Black Parade – Beyonce’ (Columbia Record/ Parkwood)
• Do It – Chloe x Halle (Columbia Record/ Parkwood)

Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song

• Deep Reverence feat. Nipsey Hussle – Big Sean (Brand Nu/eOne)
• Savage Remix – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé (300 Entertainment / 1501 Certified Ent. LLC)
• Cool Off – Missy Elliott (Atlantic Records)
• Laugh Now, Cry Later – Drake (Republic Records)
• Life Is Good – Future & Drake (Epic Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional)

• Alicia Keys feat. Jill Scott – Jill Scott (RCA Records)
• Chloe x Halle – Wonder What She Thinks Of Me (Columbia Record/ Parkwood)
• Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis feat. Babyface – He Don’t Know Nothin’ Bout It (BMG)
• Kem feat. Toni Braxton – Live Out Your Love (Motown Records)
• Ledisi and PJ Morton – Anything For You (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary)

• Alicia Keys feat. Khalid – So Done (RCA Records)
• Big Sean feat. Nipsey Hussle – Deep Reverence (Def Jam Recordings/G.O.O.D Music)
• Chloe x Halle – Do It (Columbia Record/ Parkwood)
• Jhené Aiko feat. H.E.R. – B.S. (Def Jam Recordings)
• Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé – Savage Remix (300 Entertainment / 1501 Certified Ent. LLC)

Outstanding International Song

• Blessed – Buju Banton (Roc Nation Records)
• Lockdown – Original Koffee (Promise Land Recordings)
• Pressure (Remix) – Original Koffee feat. Buju Banton (Promise Land Recordings)
• Tanana – Davido feat. Tiwa Savage (RCA Records/Sony Music U.K./Davido Worldwide Entertainment)
• Temptation – Tiwa Savage (Motown Records)

Outstanding Producer of the Year

• Donald Lawrence
• Hit-Boy
• Jathan Wilson
• Sean Keys
• TM88

LITERATURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

• Black Bottom Saints – Alice Randall (HarperCollins Publishers)
• Lakewood – Megan Giddings (HarperCollins Publishers)
• Riot Baby – Tochi Onyebuchi (TorDotCom Publishing, imprint of Tom Doherty Associates)
• The Awkward Black Man – Walter Mosley (Grove Atlantic)
• The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett (Riverhead Books)

Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction

• A Black Women’s History of the United States – Daina Berry (Beacon Press)
• A Promised Land – Barack Obama (Crown)
• Driving While Black – Gretchen Sorin (W. W. Norton & Company)
• Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America – Michael Eric Dyson (St. Martin’s Press)
• We’re Better Than This – Elijah Cummings (HarperCollins Publishers)

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

• A Knock at Midnight – Brittany Barnett (Penguin Random House)
• Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World – Cole Brown (Skyhorse)
• Lakewood – Megan Giddings (HarperCollins Publishers)
• The Compton Cowboys – Walter Thompson-Hernandez (HarperCollins Publishers)
• We’re Better Than This – Elijah Cummings (HarperCollins Publishers)

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography

• A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America’s First All-Black High School Rowing Team – Arshay Cooper (Macmillan)
• A Promised Land – Barack Obama (Crown)
• Olympic Pride, American Prejudice – Deborah Draper (Simon & Schuster)
• The Dead Are Arising – Les Payne, Tamara Payne (W. W. Norton & Company)
• Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL’s First Black Player – Willie O’Ree (Penguin Canada)

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

• Do Right by Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Space – Valerie Harrison (Temple University Press)
• Living Lively – Haile Thomas (HarperCollins Publishers)
• The Black Foster Youth Handbook – Ángela Quijada-Banks (Soulful Liberation)
• The Woman God Created You to Be: Finding Success Through Faith–Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally – Kimberla Lawson Roby (Lenox Press)
• Vegetable Kingdom – Bryant Terry (Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

• Homie – Danez Smith (Graywolf Press)
• Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry – John Murillo (Four Way Books)
• Seeing the Body – Rachel Eliza Griffiths (W. W. Norton & Company)
• The Age of Phillis – Honorée Jeffers (Wesleyan University Press)
• Un-American – Hafizah Geter (Wesleyan University Press)

Outstanding Literary Work – Children

• I Promise – LeBron James, Nina Mata (HarperCollins)
• Just Like a Mama – Alice Faye Duncan, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (Simon & Schuster)
• Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice – Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman (Simon & Schuster)
• She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm – Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez (Lee & Low Books)
• The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver – Gene Barretta, Frank Morrison (HarperCollins)

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

• Before the Ever After – Jacqueline Woodson (Penguin Random House)
• Black Brother, Black Brother – Jewell Parker Rhodes (Hachette Book Group)
• Dear Justyce – Nic Stone (Crown Books for Young Readers)
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning – Jason Reynolds (Hachette Book Group )
• This is Your Time – Ruby Bridges (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)

WRITING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Issa Rae – Insecure – “Lowkey Feelin’ Myself” (HBO)
• Lee Eisenberg, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon – Little America – “The Rock” (Apple TV+)
• Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You – “Ego Death” (HBO)
• Mindy Kaling, Lang Fisher – Never Have I Ever “Pilot” (Netflix)
• Rajiv Joseph – Little America – “The Manager” (Apple TV+)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

• Attica Locke – “Little Fires Everywhere” – “The Spider Web” (Hulu)
• Erika L. Johnson, Mark Richard – The Good Lord Bird – “A Wicked Plot” (Showtime)
• Jessica Lamour – Little Voice – “Love Hurts” (Apple TV+)
• Katori Hall – P-Valley – “Perpetratin’” (Starz)
• Tanya Barfield – Mrs. America – “Shirley” (FX)

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special

• Diallo Riddle, Bashir Salahuddin, D. Rodney Carter, Emily Goldwyn, Rob Haze, Zuri Salahuddin, Bennett Webber, Evan Williams, Will Miles – “Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Spectacular” (IFC)
• Eugene Ashe – “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios)
• Geri Cole – “The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special” (HBO Max)
• Lin-Manuel Miranda – “Hamilton” (Disney+)
• Sylvia L. Jones, Camille Tucker – “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

• David E. Talbert – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)
• Kemp Powers – “One Night in Miami…” (Amazon Studios)
• Lee Isaac Chung – “Minari” (A24)
• Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, Mike Jones – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Radha Blank – “The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)

• Mary Mazzio – “A Most Beautiful Thing” (Peacock)
• Melissa Haizlip – “Mr. Soul!” (Maysles Documentary Center)
• Nile Cone – “The Beat Don’t Stop” (TV One)
• Royal Kennedy Rodgers – “Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story” (PBS)
• Yoruba Richen, Elia Gasull Balada, Valerie Thomas – “The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show” (Peacock)

DIRECTING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Anya Adams – Black-ish – “Hair Day” (ABC)
• Aurora Guerrero – Little America – “The Jaguar” (Apple TV+)
• Eric Dean Seaton – Black-ish – “Our Wedding Dre” (ABC)
• Kabir Akhtar – Never Have I Ever – “… started a nuclear war” (Netflix)
• Sam Miller, Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You – “Ego Death” (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

• Cheryl Dunye – Lovecraft Country – “Strange Case” (HBO)
• Hanelle Culpepper – Star Trek: Picard – “Remembrance” (CBS All Access)
• Misha Green – Lovecraft Country – “Jig-a-Bobo” (HBO)
• Nzingha Stewart – Little Fires Everywhere – “The Uncanny” (Hulu)
• Steve McQueen – Small Axe – “Mangrove” (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special

• Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Emmanuel Adeji, Blitz Bazawule, Kwasi Fordjour – “Black Is King” (Disney+)
• Christine Swanson – “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime)
• Chuck Vinson, Alan Muraoka – “The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special” (HBO Max)
• Eugene Ashe – “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios)
• Kamilah Forbes – “Between The World And Me” (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

• David E. Talbert – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)
• George C. Wolfe – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
• Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Old Guard” (Netflix)
• Radha Blank – “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix)
• Regina King – “One Night in Miami…” (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)

• Keith McQuirter – “By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem” (EPIX)
• Muta’Ali – “Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn” (HBO)
• Sam Pollard, Maro Chermayeff – “Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children” (Ep. 1 & 2) (HBO)
• Simcha Jacobovici – “Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade” (EPIX)
• Yoruba Richen – “The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show” (Peacock)

Be sure to tune in to the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27th at 8 pm EST on BET Networks.