Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
- Jill Scott – “First Wives Club” (BET+)
- “Queen Sugar” (OWN)
- “Watchmen” (HBO)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
- Kofi Siriboe – “Queen Sugar” (OWN)
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
- Regina King – “Watchmen” (HBO)
- Rutina Wesley – “Queen Sugar” (OWN)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Wendell Pierce – “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” (Prime Video)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Tina Lifford – “Queen Sugar” (OWN)
Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
- Native Son (HBO)
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
- Octavia Spencer – “Truth Be Told” (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series
- David Alan Grier – “Queen Sugar” (OWN)
LITERATURE CATEGORIES
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
- “New Daughters of Africa” – Margaret Busby (HarperCollins Publishers)
- “Out of Darkness, Shining Light” – Petina Gappah (Simon and Schuster)
- “Red at the Bone” – Jacqueline Woodson (Riverhead Books PRH)
- “The Revisioners” – Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (Counter Point Press)
- “The Water Dancer” – Ta-Nehisi Coates (One World)
Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
- “Breathe: A Letter to My Sons” – Dr. Imani Perry (Beacon Press)
- “STONY THE ROAD: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow” – Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Penguin Press)
- “The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations” – Toni Morrison (Alfred A. Knopf)
- “The Yellow House” – Sarah M. Broom (Grove Atlantic)
- “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays” – Damon Young (HarperCollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
“American Spy” – Lauren Wilkinson (Random House)
- “I Am Dance: Words and Images of the Black Dancer” – Hal Banfield (Author), Javier Vasquez (Illustrator), (Literary Revolutionary)
- “More Than Pretty: Doing The Soul Work To Uncover Your True Beauty ” – Erica Campbell (Howard Books)
- “Such A Fun Age” – Kiley Reid (Penguin Publishing Group)
- “The Farm” – Joanne Ramos (Random House)
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
- “Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System” – Cyntoia Brown-Long (Atria Books)
- “Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward” – Valerie Jarrett (Viking Press)
- “More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)” – Elaine Welteroth (Viking Press)
- “My Name Is Prince” – Randee St. Nicholas (HarperCollins Publishers)
- “The Beautiful Ones” – Prince (Author), Dan Piepenbring (Edited by), (Random House)
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
- “Inspire Your Home: Easy, Affordable Ideas to Make Every Room Glamorous” – Farah Merhi (Tiller Press)
- “Letters to the Finishers (who struggle to finish)” – Candace E. Wilkins (New Season Books)
- “More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty” – Erica Campbell (Howard Books)
- “Vegetables Unleashed” – José Andres (HarperCollins Publishers)
- “Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, And Opportunity For Black Women In America” – Karen Arrington (Author), Joanna Price (Illustrator), Sheryl Taylor (Forward) (Mango Publishing)
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
- “A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland” – DaMaris B. Hill (Bloomsbury Publishing)
- “Felon: Poems” – Reginald Dwayne Betts (W.W. Norton Company)
- “Honeyfish” – Lauren K. Alleyne (New Issues Poetry and Prose)
- “Mistress” – Chet’la Sebree (New Issue Poetry and Prose)
- “The Tradition” – Jericho Brown (Copper Canyon Press)
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
- “A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation” – Barry Wittenstein (Author), Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator), (Penguin Random House)
- “Hair Love” – Matthew A. Cherry (Author), Vashti Harrison (Illustrator), (Kokila)
- “Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment” – Parker Curry (Author), Jessica Curry (Author), Brittany Jackson (Illustrator), (Aladdin Books)
- “Ruby Finds a Worry” – Tom Percival (Bloomsbury Publishing)
- “Sulwe” – Lupita Nyong’o (Author), Vashti Harrison (Illustrator), (Simon & Schuster, BFYR)
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
- “Around Harvard Square” – C.J. Farley (Akashic Books)
- “Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to Walk” – Meredith Davis (Author), Rebeka Uwitonze (Author), (Scholastic Inc.)
- “Hot Comb” – Ebony Flowers (Author), Ebony Flowers (Illustrator), (Drawn and Quarterly)
- “I’m Not Dying with You Tonight” – Gilly Segal (Author), Kimberly Jones (Author), (Sourcebooks Fire)
- “The Forgotten Girl” – India Hill Brown (Scholastic Inc.)
MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES
Outstanding Motion Picture
- “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
- Michael B. Jordan – “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
- Jamie Foxx – “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
- Jennifer Lopez – “Hustlers” (STX Films)
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in Motion Picture
- Rob Morgan – “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
- “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
- “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” (Netflix)
WRITING CATEGORIES
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
- Cord Jefferson – “The Good Place” – Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy (NBC)
- Gloria Calderon Kellett, Mike Royce – “One Day at a Time” – Ghosts (Netflix)
- Jason Kim – “Barry” – Past=Present x Future Over Yesterday (HBO)
- Karen Gist, Peter Saji – “Mixed-ish” – Let Your Hair Down (ABC)
- Trevor Noah – “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” – Steve King’s Comments Meet Trevor Noah: Racism Detective (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
- Ava DuVernay, Michael Starrbury – “When They See Us” – Part Four (Netflix)
- Damon Lindelof, Cord Jefferson – “Watchmen” – The Extraordinary Being (HBO)
- Nichelle Tramble Spellman – “Truth Be Told” – Monster (Apple TV+)
- Nkechi Okoro Carroll – “All American” – Hussle & Motivate (The CW)
- Pat Charles – “Black Lightning” – The Book of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son (The CW)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television)
- Cas Sigers-Beedles – “Twas the Chaos Before Christmas” (BET)
- Melissa Bustamante – “A Christmas Winter Song” (Lifetime)
- Patrik-Ian Polk – “Being Mary Jane” (BET Networks)
- Suzan-Lori Parks – “Native Son” (HBO)
- Yvette Nicole Brown – “Always a Bridesmaid” (BET Networks)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)
- Chinonye Chukwu – “Clemency” (Neon)
- Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham – “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- Doug Atchison – “Brian Banks” (Bleeker Street and ShivHans)
- Jordan Peele – “Us” (Universal Pictures)
- Kasi Lemmons, Gregory Allen Howard – “Harriet” (Focus Features)
DIRECTING CATEGORIES
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
- Shaka King – “Shrill” – Pool (Hulu)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)
- Rashid Johnson – “Native Son (HBO)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)
- Chiwetel Ejiofor – “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” (Netflix)
Source material: https://www.naacp.org/