NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Winners List
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).