Entertainer of the Year

D-Nice (Winner)

Regina King

Viola Davis

Trevor Noah

Tyler Perry

·         Outstanding Motion Picture

“Bad Boys For Life” (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment) (Winner)

“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

Chadwick Boseman – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) (Winner)

Anthony Mackie – “The Banker” (Apple TV Plus)

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

Viola Davis – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) (Winner)

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)

·         Social Justice Impact

Stacey Abrams (Winner)

April Ryan

Debbie Allen

Lebron James

Tamika Mallory

·         Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Issa Rae – “Insecure” (HBO) (Winner)

Folake Olowofoyeku – “Bob Hearts Abishola” (CBS)

Regina Hall – “Black Monday” (Showtime)

Tracee Ellis Ross – “Black-ish” (ABC)

Yara Shahidi – “Grown-ish” (Freeform)

·         Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Regé-Jean Page – “Bridgerton” (Netflix) (Winner)

Jonathan Majors – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)

Keith David – “Greenleaf” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

Nicco Annan – “P-Valley” (Starz)

Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us” (NBC)

·         Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Viola Davis – “How To Get Away With Murder” (ABC) (Winner)

Angela Bassett – “9-1-1” (FOX)

Brandee Evans – “P-Valley” (Starz)

Jurnee Smollett – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)

Simone Missick – “All Rise” (CBS)

·         President’s Award

LeBron James

·         Hall of Fame Award

Eddie Murphy

·         Chairman’s Award

Rev. James Lawson

·         Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Chadwick Boseman – “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) (Winner)

Aldis Hodge – “One Night In Miami…” (Amazon Studios)

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

Phylicia Rashad – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix) (Winner)

Anika Noni Rose – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)

Gabourey Sidibe – “Antebellum” (Lionsgate)

Nia Long – “The Banker” (Apple TV Plus)

Taylour Paige – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)

·         Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

“The Banker” (Apple TV Plus) (Winner)

“Emperor” (Universal Home Video)

“Farewell Amor” (IFC Films)

“Miss Juneteenth” (Vertical Entertainment)

“The 24th” (Vertical Entertainment)

·         Outstanding International Motion Picture

“Night of the Kings” (Neon) (Winner)

“Ainu Mosir” (ARRAY)

“His House” (Netflix)

“The Last Tree” (ArtMattan Productions)

“The Life Ahead” (La vita davanti a se) (Netflix)

·         Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture

Madalen Mills – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix) (Winner)

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)

·         Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) (Winner)

“Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)

“Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)

“Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

“The Banker” (Apple TV Plus)

·         Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

“Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) (Winner)

“Onward” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

“Over the Moon” (Netflix)

“Scoob!” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

“Trolls World Tour” (Universal Pictures)

·         Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture

Jamie Foxx – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) (Winner)

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)

Phylicia Rashad – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

·         Outstanding Short Form (Live Action)

“Black Boy Joy” (Film Independent Project Involve) (Winner)

“Baldwin Beauty” (Powderkeg Media)

“Gets Good Light” (Teddy Tracker Entertainment)

“Home”

“Mr. & Mrs. Ellis” (AMB Productions)

·         Outstanding Short Form (Animated)

“Canvas” (Netflix) (Winner)

“Cops and Robbers” (Netflix)

“Loop” (Pixar Animation Studios)

“The Power of Hope” (The Power Of Hope)

“Windup” (Unity Technologies)

·         Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)

Nadia Hallgren – “Becoming” (A Higher Ground Productions and Big Mouth Productions Film for Netflix) (Winner)

Loira Limbal – “Through the Night” (Third Shift Media, Inc.)

Melissa Haizlip – “Mr. Soul!” (Shoes In The Bed Productions)

Radha Blank – “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix)

Remi Weekes – “His House” (Netflix)

·         Outstanding Documentary (Film)

“John Lewis: Good Trouble” (Magnolia Pictures/Participant) (Winner)

“All In: The Fight For Democracy” (Amazon Studios)

“Coded Bias” (7th Empire Media)

“Soul!” (Shoes in the Bed Productions)

“On the Record” (HBO Max)

·         Outstanding Documentary (Television)

“The Last Dance” (ESPN / Netflix) (Winner)

“And She Could Be Next” (PBS)

“Black Love” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

“Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade” (EPIX)

“Unsung” (TV One)

·         Outstanding Comedy Series

“Insecure” (HBO) (Winner)

“#blackAF” (Netflix)

“Black-ish” (ABC)

“grown-ish” (Freeform)

“The Last O.G.” (TBS)

·         Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson – “Black-ish” (ABC) (Winner)

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 Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Deon Cole – “Black-ish” (ABC) (Winner)

Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (NBC)

Jay Ellis – “Insecure” (HBO)

Kenan Thompson – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Laurence Fishburne – “Black-ish” (ABC)

·         Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Marsai Martin – “Black-ish” (ABC) (Winner)

Jenifer Lewis – “Black-ish” (ABC)

Natasha Rothwell – “Insecure” (HBO)

Tichina Arnold – “The Neighborhood” (CBS)

Yvonne Orji – “Insecure” (HBO)

·         Outstanding Drama Series

“Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz) (Winner)

“All Rise” (CBS)

“Bridgerton” (Netflix)

“Lovecraft Country” (HBO)

“This Is Us” (NBC)

·         Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Clifford “Method Man” Smith – “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz) (Winner)

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

Mary J. Blige – “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz) (Winner)

Adjoa Andoh – “Bridgerton” (Netflix)

Aunjanue Ellis – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)

Lynn Whitfield – “Greenleaf” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

Susan Kelechi Watson – “This Is Us” (NBC)

·         Outstanding Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special

“Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” (Netflix) (Winner)

“Hamilton” (Disney Plus)

“Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu)

“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) (Winner)

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

Octavia Spencer – “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” (Netflix) (Winner)

Aunjanue Ellis – “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime)

Kerry Washington – “Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu)

Michaela Coel – “I May Destroy You” (HBO)

Tessa Thompson – “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios)

·         Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)

“The New York Times Presents The Killing of Breonna Taylor” (FX) (Winner)

“AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis Special” (MSNBC)

“Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview” (Showtime)

“The Color of Covid” (CNN)

“The Reidout” (NBC)

·         Outstanding Talk Series

“Red Table Talk” (Facebook Watch) (Winner)

“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) (Winner)

“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)

“VERZUZ” (APPLE TV Plus) (Winner)

“8:46” (Netflix)

“Black Is King” (Disney Plus)

“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion” (HBO Max)

“Yvonne Orji: Momma I Made It!” (HBO)

·         Outstanding Children’s Program

“Family Reunion” (Netflix) (Winner)

“Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices” (Netflix)

“Craig of the Creek” (Cartoon Network)

“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)

Marsai Martin – “Black-ish” (ABC) (Winner)

Alex R. Hibbert – “The Chi” (Showtime)

Lexi Underwood – “Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu)

Lyric Ross – “This Is Us” (NBC)

Miles Brown – “Black-ish” (ABC)

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

Trevor Noah – “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central) (Winner)

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)

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

Steve Harvey – “Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC) (Winner)

Alfonso Ribeiro – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (ABC)

Iyanla Vanzant – “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

Kamau Bell – “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” (CNN)

RuPaul – “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1)

·         Outstanding Guest Performance – Comedy or Drama Series

Loretta Devine – “P-Valley” (Starz) (Winner)

Chris Rock – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Courtney B. Vance – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)

Dave Chappelle – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Issa Rae – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

·         Outstanding Animated Series

“Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior) (Winner)

“Big Mouth” (Netflix)

“Central Park” (Apple TV Plus)

“She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” (Netflix)

“Star Trek: Lower Decks” (CBS All Access)

·         Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television)

Laya DeLeon Hayes – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior) (Winner)

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)

·         Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama

“#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi) (Winner)

“CripTales” (BBC America)

“Lazor Wulf” (Adult Swim)

“Mapleworth Murders” (Quibi)

“Sincerely, Camille” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

·         Outstanding Performance in a Short Form Series

Laurence Fishburne – “#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi) (Winner)

Giancarlo Esposito – “The Broken and the Bad” (AMC.com )

B. Smoove – “Mapleworth Murders” (Quibi)

Jasmine Cephas Jones – “#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi)

Stephan James – “#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi)

·         Outstanding Short Form Series – Reality/Nonfiction

“Between The Scenes – The Daily Show” (Comedy Central) (Winner)

“American Masters” – Unladylike2020 (PBS)

“Benedict Men” (Quibi)

“In The Making” (PBS)

“Inspire Change Series” (NFL Network)

·         Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)

Raynelle Swilling – Cherish the Day (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) (Winner)

Katori Hall – P-Valley (Starz)

Keith Knight – Woke (Hulu)

Ramy Youssef – Ramy (Hulu)

Teri Schaffer – Cherish the Day (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

·         Outstanding New Artist

Doja Cat – “Say So” (RCA Records/Kemosabe ) (Winner)

Chika – “High Rises” (Warner Records)

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

Drake – “Laugh Now, Cry Later” (Republic Records) (Winner)

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)

John Legend – “Bigger Love” (Columbia Records)

·         Outstanding Female Artist

Beyoncé – “Black Parade” (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) (Winner)

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

“Brown Skin Girl” – Beyonce’ feat WizKid, SAINt JHN, Blu Ivy Carter (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) (Winner)

“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)

“Do It” – Chloe x Halle (Columbia Record/ Parkwood)

·         Outstanding Album

“Chilombo” – Jhené Aiko (Def Jam Recordings) (Winner)

“Alicia” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records)

“b7” – Brandy (Brand Nu/eOne)

“Bigger Love” – John Legend (Columbia Records)

“The Wild Card” – LEDISI (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG)

·         Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album

“Soul Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste and Tom MacDougall (Walt Disney Records) (Winner)

“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 )

“The First Ladies of Gospel: The Clark Sisters Biopic Soundtrack” – Donald Lawrence (Relevé Entertainment)

·         Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album

“The Return” – The Clark Sisters (Karew/Motown) (Winner)

“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)

·         Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song

“Touch from You” – Tamela Mann (TillyMann Inc.) (Winner)

“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)

·         Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental

“Music From and Inspired By Soul” – Jon Batiste (Walt Disney Records) (Winner)

“Be Water” – Christian Sands (Mack Avenue Music Group)

“Omega” – Immanuel Wilkins (Blue Note Records)

“Reciprocity” – George Burton (Inner Circle Music)

“The Iconoclast” – Barry Stephenson (Independent)

·         Outstanding Jazz Album – Vocal

“Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper” – Somi (Salon Africana) (Winner)

“Donny Duke and Wonder” – Nathan Mitchell (ENM Music Group)

“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

“Do It” – Chloe x Halle (Columbia Record/ Parkwood)

“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)

·         Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song

“Savage Remix” – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé (300 Entertainment / 1501 Certified Ent. LLC) (Winner)

“Deep Reverence feat. Nipsey Hussle”- Big Sean (Brand Nu/eOne)

“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)

Chloe x Halle – “Wonder What She Thinks Of Me” (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) (Winner)

Alicia Keys feat. Jill Scott – “Jill Scott” (RCA Records)

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)

Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé -“Savage Remix” (300 Entertainment / 1501 Certified Ent. LLC) (Winner)

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)

·         Outstanding International Song

“Lockdown” – Original Koffee (Promise Land Recordings) (Winner)

“Blessed” – Buju Banton (Roc Nation Records)

“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

Hit-Boy (Winner)

Donald Lawrence

Jathan Wilson

Sean Keys

TM88

·         Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

“The Awkward Black Man” – Walter Mosley (Grove Atlantic) (Winner)

“Black Bottom Saints” – Alice Randall (HarperCollins Publishers)

“Lakewood” – Megan Giddings (HarperCollins Publishers)

“Riot Baby” – Tochi Onyebuchi (TorDotCom Publishing, imprint of Tom Doherty Associates)

“The Vanishing Half” – Brit Bennett (Riverhead Books)

·         Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction

“A Promised Land” – Barack Obama (Crown) (Winner)

“A Black Women’s History of the United States” – Daina Berry (Beacon Press)

“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

“We’re Better Than This” – Elijah Cummings (HarperCollins Publishers) (Winner)

“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)

·         Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography

“The Dead Are Arising” – Les Payne, Tamara Payne (W. W. Norton & Company) (Winner)

“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)

“Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL’s First Black Player” – Willie O’Ree (Penguin Canada)

·         Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

“Vegetable Kingdom” – Bryant Terry (Penguin Random House) (Winner)

“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)

·         Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

“The Age of Phillis” – Honorée Jeffers (Wesleyan University Press) (Winner)

“Homie” – Danez Smith (Graywolf Press)

“Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry” – John Murillo (Four Way Books)

“Seeing the Body” – Rachel Eliza Griffiths (W. W. Norton & Company)

“Un-American” – Hafizah Geter (Wesleyan University Press)

·         Outstanding Literary Work – Children

“She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm” – Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez (Lee & Low Books) (Winner)

“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)

“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) (Winner)

“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)

·         Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You – “Ego Death” (HBO) (Winner)

Issa Rae – Insecure – “Lowkey Feelin’ Myself” (HBO)

Lee Eisenberg, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon – Little America – “The Rock” (Apple TV Plus)

Mindy Kaling, Lang Fisher – Never Have I Ever “Pilot” (Netflix)

Rajiv Joseph – Little America – “The Manager” (Apple TV Plus)

·         Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

Attica Locke – “Little Fires Everywhere” – “The Spider Web” (Hulu) (Winner)

Erika L. Johnson, Mark Richard – The Good Lord Bird – “A Wicked Plot” (Showtime)

Jessica Lamour – Little Voice – “Love Hurts” (Apple TV Plus)

Katori Hall – P-Valley – “Perpetratin’” (Starz)

Tanya Barfield – Mrs. America – “Shirley” (FX)

·         Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special

Geri Cole – “The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special” (HBO Max) (Winner)

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)

Lin-Manuel Miranda – “Hamilton” (Disney Plus)

Sylvia L. Jones, Camille Tucker – “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime)

·         Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

Radha Blank – “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix) (Winner)

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)

·         Outstanding Writing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)

Melissa Haizlip – “Mr. Soul!” (Maysles Documentary Center) (Winner)

Mary Mazzio – “A Most Beautiful Thing” (Peacock)

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)

·         Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Anya Adams – “Black-ish” – “Hair Day” (ABC) (Winner)

Aurora Guerrero – “Little America” – “The Jaguar” (Apple TV Plus)

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

Hanelle Culpepper – “Star Trek: Picard” – “Remembrance” (CBS All Access)

Cheryl Dunye – “Lovecraft Country” – “Strange Case” (HBO)

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

Eugene Ashe – “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios) (Winner)

Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Emmanuel Adeji, Blitz Bazawule, Kwasi Fordjour – “Black Is King” (Disney Plus)

Christine Swanson – “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime)

Chuck Vinson, Alan Muraoka – “The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special” (HBO Max)

Kamilah Forbes – “Between The World And Me” (HBO)

·         Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Old Guard” (Netflix) (Winner)

David E. Talbert – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix)

George C. Wolfe – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (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) (Winner)

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).