ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR 

Colman Domingo

Fantasia Barrino

Halle Bailey

Keke Palmer

Usher — **WINNER!

FILM CATEGORIES

OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE

American Fiction

Origin 

Rustin

The Color Purple — **WINNER!

They Cloned Tyrone 

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE

Colman Domingo – Rustin — **WINNER!

Denzel Washington – The Equalizer 3

Jamie Foxx – The Burial

Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

John Boyega – They Cloned Tyrone

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE

Aunjanue Ellis–Taylor – Origin

Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple — **WINNER!

Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid

Teyana Taylor – A Thousand And One

Yara Shahidi – Sitting in Bars with Cake

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE

Colman Domingo – The Color Purple — **WINNER!

Corey Hawkins – The Color Purple

Glynn Turman – Rustin

Jamie Foxx – They Cloned Tyrone

Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE

Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple

Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Erika Alexander – American Fiction

Halle Bailey – The Color Purple

Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT MOTION PICTURE

Back on the Strip

Brother — **WINNER!

Story Ave

Sweetwater 

The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE

Anatomy of a Fall 

Brother — **WINNER!

Mami Wata 

Rye Lane 

Society of the Snow

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Aaron Pierre – Brother

Laya DeLeon Hayes – The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Mila Davis–Kent – Creed III

Phylicia Pearl Mpasi – The Color Purple — **WINNER!

Teyana Taylor – A Thousand And One

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE

American Fiction

Rustin

The Blackening

The Color Purple — **WINNER!

They Cloned Tyrone 

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE

Elemental

Lil’ Ruby

Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse — **WINNER!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Wish

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE – MOTION PICTURE

Ariana DeBose – Wish

Brian Tyree Henry – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse 

Daniel Kaluuya – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse 

Issa Rae – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse — **WINNER!

Shameik Moore – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse

OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM (LIVE ACTION)

Flower

Gaps

Lucille

Rocky Road on Channel Three

The After — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM (ANIMATED)

Blueberry

Bridges

Burning Rubber

Ego’ Curse 

Lil’ Ruby  — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH CREATIVE (MOTION PICTURE)

A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One

Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple — **WINNER!

Choice Skinner – A New Life

Dewayne Perkins – The Blackening

Juel Taylor – They Cloned Tyrone

OUTSTANDING YOUTH PERFORMANCE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Aaron Kingsley Adetola – A Thousand And One

Aven Courtnery – A Thousand And One

Calah Lane – Wonka

Lennox Simms – Origin

Mila Davis–Kent – Creed III — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A FEATURE FILM

C. Kim Miles, Julia Liu, Clair Popkin – STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Eric K. Yue – A Thousand and One — **WINNER!

Guy Godfree – Brother

Ken Seng – They Cloned Tyrone

Paul Yee – Joy Ride

TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES 

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

Abbott Elementary — **WINNER!

Harlem

Survival of the Thickest

The Neighborhood 

UnPrisoned 

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Cedric The Entertainer – The Neighborhood

Delroy Lindo – UnPrisoned

Dulé Hill – The Wonder Years

Mike Epps – The Upshaws — **WINNER!

Tone Bell – Survival of the Thickest

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Kerry Washington – UnPrisoned

Meagan Good – Harlem

Michelle Buteau – Survival of the Thickest

Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary — **WINNER!

Tichina Arnold – The Neighborhood

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live

Roy Wood Jr. – The Daily Show

Tyler Lepley – Harlem

Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary

William Stanford Davis – Abbott Elementary — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES 

Ayo Edebiri – The Bear — **WINNER!

Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live

Janelle James – Abbott Elementary

Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary

Shoniqua Shandai – Harlem

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES 

Bel–Air 

Black Cake

Found

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story — **WINNER!

Snowfall 

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES 

Damson Idris – Snowfall — **WINNER!

Forest Whitaker – Godfather of Harlem

Idris Elba – Hijack

Jabari Banks – Bel–Air

Jesse L. Martin – The Irrational

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES 

Angela Bassett – 9–1–1

India Ria Amarteifio – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story — **WINNER!

Octavia Spencer – Truth Be Told

Queen Latifah – The Equalizer

Zoe Saldaña – Special Ops: Lioness

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES 

Adrian Holmes – Bel–Air — **WINNER!

Amin Joseph – Snowfall

Giancarlo Esposito – Godfather of Harlem

LaRoyce Hawkins – Chicago PD

Wendell Pierce – Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES 

Adjoa Andoh – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Arsema Thomas – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Golda Rosheuvel – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Gail Bean – Snowfall — **WINNER!

Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

Black Girl Missing

First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Stor

Heist 88

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

Swarm — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

Brian Tyree Henry – Class of ’09

Courtney B. Vance – Heist 88

Keith Powers – The Perfect Find — **WINNER!

Lance Reddick – The Caine Mutiny Court–Martial

Samuel L. Jackson – Secret Invasion

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

Ali Wong – Beef

Chlöe Bailey – Praise This — **WINNER!

Dominique Fishback – Swarm

Gabrielle Union – The Perfect Find

Meagan Good – Buying Back My Daughter

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

Carl Anthony Payne II – Binged to Death

Damon Wayans – Cinnamon

Damson Idris – Swarm

Don Cheadle – Secret Invasion — **WINNER!

Jharrel Jerome – Full Circle

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

Aja Naomi King – Lessons in Chemistry

CCH Pounder – Full Circle

Micheala Jaé Rodriguez – American Horror Story: Delicate

Phylicia Rashad – Heaven Down Here — **WINNER!

Tisha Campbell – Every Breath She Takes

OUTSTANDING NEWS/INFORMATION (SERIES OR SPECIAL)

20/20 – Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water – A Conversation with Robin Roberts — **WINNER!

The 1619 Project

theGrio with Marc Lamont Hill 

The Reidout

Into America

OUTSTANDING TALK SERIES

Hart to Heart 

Sherri

Tamron Hall 

The Jennifer Hudson Show — **WINNER!

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM, REALITY COMPETITION OR GAME SHOW (SERIES)

America’s Got Talent

Barbecue Showdown

Celebrity Family Feud

Critter Fixers: Country Vets

Wild ‘N Out  — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SHOW (SERIES OR SPECIAL)

A Black Lady Sketch Show — **WINNER! 

A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip–Hop

Chris Rock: Selective Outrage

My Name is Mo’Nique

Wanda Sykes: I’m An Entertainer

OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAM

Ada Twist, Scientist

Alma’s Way

Craig of the Creek

Gracie’s Corner — **WINNER!

My Dad The Bounty Hunter

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH (SERIES, SPECIAL, TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES)

Alaya High – That Girl Lay Lay

Elisha “EJ” Williams – The Wonder Years

Jalyn Hall – The Crossover

Keivonn Woodard – The Last of Us

Leah Sava Jeffries – Percy Jackson and the Olympians — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING HOST IN A TALK OR NEWS/INFORMATION (SERIES OR SPECIAL)

Bomani Jones – Game Theory with Bomani Jones

Joy Reid – The Reidout

Sherri Shepherd – Sherri — **WINNER!

Tamron Hall – Tamron Hall

Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Alyssa Farah Griffin – The View

OUTSTANDING HOST IN A REALITY/REALITY COMPETITION, GAME SHOW OR VARIETY (SERIES OR SPECIAL)

Anthony Anderson, Cedric The Entertainer – Kings of BBQ

DC Young Fly – Celebrity Squares — **WINNER!

Nick Cannon – The Masked Singer

RuPaul Charles – RuPaul’s Drag Race

Steve Harvey – Celebrity Family Feud

OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE

Ayo Edebiri – Abbott Elementary

Garcelle Beauvais – Survival of the Thickest

Giancarlo Esposito – The Mandalorian

Michael B. Jordan – Saturday Night Live — **WINNER!

Roy Wood, Jr. – The Daily Show

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED SERIES

Big Mouth

Gracie’s Corner

Marvel’s Spidey & His Amazing Friends

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder — **WINNER!

Young Love

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE (TELEVISION)

Cree Summer – Rugrats

Issa Rae – Young Love

Keke Palmer – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder — **WINNER!

Scott Mescudi – Young Love

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A SHORT FORM SERIES

Jessica Mikayla – Disney Launchpad Season 2

Kevin Hart – Die Hart 2: Die Harter

Leslie Jones – After the Cut–The Daily Show — **WINNER!

Nathalie Emmanuel – Die Hart 2: Die Harter 

Seth Carr – Disney Launchpad Season 2 

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM SERIES – COMEDY OR DRAMA

After the Cut

Die Hart 2: Die Harter

Disney Launchpad Season 2

Doggyland — **WINNER!

I Am Groot

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM SERIES – REALITY/NONFICTION

Did You Know?

I Was A Soul Train Dancer — **WINNER!

Mama Mann’s Kitchen

Ritual

RuPaul’s Drag Race

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH CREATIVE (TELEVISION)

Adjani Salmon – Dreaming Whilst Black

Kale Futterman – Ginny & Georgia

Michelle Buteau – Survival of the Thickest — **WINNER!

Thara Popoola – Sex Education

Troy Hunter – Sex Education

RECORDING CATEGORIES

OUTSTANDING NEW ARTIST

FLO

Jordan Ward

Leon Thomas

October London

Victoria Monét — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING MALE ARTIST

Burna Boy

Chris Brown

Davido

Jon Batiste

Usher — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING FEMALE ARTIST

Ari Lennox

H.E.R. — **WINNER!

Janelle Monáe

Tems

Victoria Monét

OUTSTANDING GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN ALBUM

All Yours – Kierra Sheard

Father’s Day – Kirk Franklin — **WINNER!

Impossible – Pastor Mike, Jr.

My Truth – Jonathan McReynolds

The Maverick Way Complete – Maverick City Music

OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL SONG

“Amapiano” – Asake feat. Olamide

“City Boys” – Burna Boy

“Me & U” – Tems — **WINNER!

“People” – Libianca feat. Ayra Starr & Omah Lay

“Unavailable” – Davido

OUTSTANDING MUSIC VIDEO/VISUAL ALBUM

“Boyfriend” – Usher

“Cobra” – Megan Thee Stallion

“How We Roll” – Ciara

“On My Mama” – Victoria Monét

“Sensational” – Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING ALBUM

Clear 2: Soft Life – Summer Walker

For All The Dogs – Drake

I Told Them… – Burna Boy

Jaguar II – Victoria Monét — **WINNER!

The Age of Pleasure – Janelle Monáe

OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK/COMPILATION ALBUM

Creed III: The Soundtrack

Godfather of Harlem: Season 3 (Original Series Soundtrack)

Metro Boomin Presents Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse (Soundtrack From and Inspired by the Motion Picture/Deluxe Edition)

The Color Purple–Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — **WINNER!

The Little Mermaid Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 

OUTSTANDING GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN SONG

“All Things” – Kirk Franklin

“All Yours” – Kierra Sheard feat. Anthony Brown — **WINNER!

“In The Room” – Maverick City Music

“It’s Working” – Todd Dulaney

“JOY (Unspeakable) – Voices of Fire feat. Pharrell Williams

OUTSTANDING JAZZ ALBUM

Brand New Life – Brandee Younger — **WINNER!

Melusine – Cécile McLorin Salvant

Who Are You When No One is Watching? – Braxton Cook

Phoenix – Lakecia Benjamin

Truth Be Told – Angie Wells (Cafe Pacific Records)

OUTSTANDING SOUL/R&B SONG

“Back To Your Place” – October London

“Good Good” – Usher feat. 21 Savage x Summer Walker

“ICU Remix” – Coco Jones feat. Justin Timberlake — **WINNER!

“On My Mama” – Victoria Monét

“Lipstick Lover” – Janelle Monáe

OUTSTANDING HIP-HOP/RAP SONG

“All My Life” – Lil Durk feat. J. Cole

“Blue Eyes” – Vic Mensa

“Cobra” – Megan Thee Stallion — **WINNER!

“Palisades, CA” – Larry June & The Alchemist

“Sittin’ On Top of the World” – Burna Boy & 21 Savage

OUTSTANDING DUO, GROUP OR COLLABORATION (TRADITIONAL)

Ciara feat. Chris Brown – “How We Roll” — **WINNER!

Coco Jones feat. Justin Timberlake – “ICU Remix”

Dreamville, Bas & Black Sherif feat. Kel–P – “Creed III: Soundtrack”

Karen Clark Sheard, Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard – “God Is Good”

Voices of Fire – “Joy (Unspeakable)”

OUTSTANDING DUO, GROUP OR COLLABORATION (CONTEMPORARY)

Burna Boy & 21 Savage – “Sittin’ On Top of the World”

Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay – “Sensational” — **WINNER!

Lil Durk & J. Cole – “All My Life”

Usher, 21 Savage, Summer Walker – “Good Good”

Victoria Monét feat. Lucky Day – “Smoke”

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TV/FILM

American Fiction – Laura Karpman

Rustin – Branford Marsalis

The Color Purple – Kris Bowers

The Other Black Girl – EmmoLei Sankofa

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – Jongnic Bontemps — **WINNER!

DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES 

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY (FILM)

American Symphony

Fast Dreams 

Invisible Beauty — **WINNER!

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Stamped from the Beginning

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION)

American Experience

Dear Mama

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America — **WINNER!

Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip–Hop 

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM DOCUMENTARY

Alive in Bronze: Huey P. Newton

Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney

Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games — **WINNER!

Freshwater

Ifine: Beauty 

WRITING CATEGORIES 

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES

Ava Coleman – Abbott Elementary

Brittani Nichols – Abbott Elementary

Donald Glover, Janine Nabers – Swarm

Michelle Buteau – Survival of the Thickest

Norman Vance, Jr. – Saturdays — **WINNER! 

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES

Carla Banks–Waddles – Bel–Air — **WINNER!

Lee Sung Jin – BEEF

Marissa Jo Cerar – Black Cake 

Nkechi Okoro Carroll – Found

Shonda Rhimes – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR SPECIAL

Dwayne Johnson–Cochran – Heist 88 — **WINNER!

Frank E. Flowers, Tony Rettenmaier, Juel Taylor – Shooting Stars

Marlon Wayans – Marlon Wayans: God Loves Me

Sam Jay – Sam Jay: Salute Me or Shoot Me

Tina Gordon, Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, Jana Savage, Camilla Blackett – Praise This 

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A MOTION PICTURE

A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One

Cord Jefferson – American Fiction — **WINNER!

Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier – They Cloned Tyrone 

Maggie Betts, Doug Wright – The Burial 

Marcus Gardley – The Color Purple

DIRECTING CATEGORIES

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A COMEDY SERIES

Amy Aniobi – Survival of the Thickest

Donald Glover – Swarm

Neema Barnette – Grand Crew — **WINNER!

Numa Perrier – UnPrisoned

Robbie Countryman – The Upshaws 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES

Alonso Alvarez–Barreda – Snowfall

Amin Joseph – Snowfall

Carl Seaton – Godfather of Harlem

Dawn Wilkinson – Power Book II: Ghost — **WINNER!

Geary McLeod – Power Book II: Ghost 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR SPECIAL

Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. – Cinnamon

Chris Robinson – Shooting Stars — **WINNER!

Keke Palmer – Big Boss

Numa Perrier – The Perfect Find

Vivica A. Fox – First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A MOTION PICTURE 

Antoine Fuqua – The Equalizer 3 

Ava DuVernay – Origin — **WINNER!

George C. Wolfe – Rustin

Juel Taylor – They Cloned Tyrone

Michael B. Jordan – Creed III 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION OR MOTION PICTURE)

Allen Hughes – Dear Mama — **WINNER!

Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng – Invisible Beauty 

Dave Wooley, David Heilbroner – Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over 

Lisa Cortés – Little Richard: I Am Everything 

Roger Ross Williams – Stamped from the Beginning

LITERARY CATEGORIES 

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – FICTION

Everything Is Not Enough – Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Family Lore – Elizabeth Acevedo — **WINNER!

House of Eve – Sadeqa Johnson

Let Us Descend – Jesmyn Ward

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store – James McBride

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – NONFICTION

Black AF History: The Un–Whitewashed Story of America – Michael Harriot

BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art – Zaria Ware

Iconic Home: Interiors, Advice, and Stories from 50 Amazing Black Designers – Black Interior Designers and June Reese

The Art of Ruth E. Carter – Ruth E. Carter (Foreword by Danai Gurira)

The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families – Karida L. Brown, Charly Palmer — **WINNER! 

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – DEBUT AUTHOR

And Then He Sang a Lullaby – Ani Kayode Somtochukwu

Coleman Hill: A Novel – Kim Coleman Foote

Rootless – Krystle Zara Appiah — **WINNER!

The Black Joy Project – Kleaver Cruz

The God of Good Looks – Breanne McIvor

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts – Maya Moore Irons

Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds – Rich Paul

Nothing Is Missing – Nicole Walters

Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement – Dr. Tanisha C. Ford — **WINNER!

Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes – Stephen A. Smith

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – INSTRUCTIONAL

Badass Vegan: Fuel Your Body, Ph*ck the System, and Live Your Life Right – John Lewis

Everyday Grand: Soulful Recipes for Celebrating Life’s Big and Small Moments – Jocelyn Delk Adams, Olga Massov

Flower Love: Lush Floral Arrangements for the Heart and Home – Kristen Griffith–VanderYacht

Historically Black Phrases: From “I Ain’t One of Your Lil’ Friends” to “Who All Gon” Be There?” – Jarett Hill, Tre’vell Anderson — **WINNER! 

Livable Luxe – Brigette Romanek (Chronicle Books)

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – POETRY

Above Ground – Clint Smith

So to Speak – Terrance Hayes

suddenly we – Evie Shockley — **WINNER!

The Ferguson Report: An Erasure – Nicole Sealey

Why Fathers Cry at Night – Kwame Alexander

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – CHILDREN

CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora – Kahran Bethencourt — **WINNER!

How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee – Carole Boston Weathorford, Frank Morrison

I Absolutely, Positively Love My Spots – Lid’ya C. Rivera, Nina Mata

Is This Love? – Cedella Marley, Alea Marley

Like Lava In My Veins – Derrick Barnes, Shawn Martinbrough

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – YOUTH/TEENS

Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans – Isi Hendrix

Eb & Flow – Kelly J. Baptist

Everyone’s Thinking It – Aleema Omotoni — **WINNER!

Fatima Tate Takes the Cake – Khadijah VanBrakle

Friday I’m in Love – Camryn Garrett

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

Curlfriends: New in Town – Sharee Miller

Ms Davis: A Graphic Biography – Sybille Titeux de la Croix, Amazing Améziane

Queenie: Godmother of Harlem – Aurelie Levy, Elizabeth Colomba

Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America – Dr. Ibram X Kendi, Joel Christian Gill

The Talk – Darrin Bell — **WINNER!

PODCAST CATEGORIES

OUTSTANDING NEWS AND INFORMATION PODCAST

#SundayCivics 

Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn–Grant

Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams — **WINNER!

Into America with Trymaine Lee

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

OUTSTANDING LIFESTYLE/SELF-HELP PODCAST

Black Money Tree — **WINNER!

Chile, Please 

Is This Going To Cause An Argument 

The Laverne Cox Show

The Light

OUTSTANDING SOCIETY AND CULTURE PODCAST

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

Jill Scott Presents: J.ill the Podcast

More Than That with Gia Peppers

The 85 South Show with Karlous Miller, DC Young Fly and Chico Bean — **WINNER!

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

OUTSTANDING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PODCAST

All the Smoke 

Baby, This is Keke Palmer

Being Black: The 80s

Here’s The Thing — **WINNER!

Nightcap with Unc and Ocho

OUTSTANDING SCRIPTED SERIES PODCAST

Crimson Hearts Collide 

Small Victories 

TwentyOne 21: A Black AF Scripted Audio Comedy

Whose Amazing Life? 

Yes We Cannabis — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING PODCAST – LIMITED SERIES/SHORT FORM

I Am Story 

Official Ignorance: The Death in Custody Podcast 

Reclaimed: the Forgotten League

The Greatest Day: The Epic Story Behind Hip–Hop’s Most Iconic Photograph 

Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast — **WINNER! 

COSTUME DESIGN, MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING CATEGORIES

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (TELEVISION OR FILM)

Charlese Antoinette Jones – Air

Dierdra Elizabeth Govan – I’m A Virgo

Toni–Leslie James, Josh Quinn – Rustin

Francine Jamison–Tanchuck – The Color Purple — **WINNER!

Marci Rodgers, Richard Gross, Paul A. Simmons Jr. – Shooting Stars 

OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP (TELEVISION OR FILM)

Cole Patterson, Fabiola Mercado – Bel–Air

Miho Suzuki – Lessons in Chemistry 

Beverly Jo Pryor, Eric Pagdin, Quintessence Patterson – Rustin

Carol Rasheed, Saisha Beecham, Ngozi Olandu Young, Manny Davila, Milene Melendez – The Color Purple — **WINNER!

Denise Pugh–Ruiz – UnPrisoned

OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING (TELEVISION OR FILM)

Shavonne Brown – A Black Lady Sketch Show 

Carla Joi Farmer – Air

Elizabeth Robinson – Creed III 

Melissa “Missy” Forney, Sterfon Demings – A Black Lady Sketch Show

Lawrence Davis, Tym Wallace, Andrea Mona Bowen, Angela Renae Dyson, Jorge Benitez Villalobos – The Color Purple — **WINNER!

OUTSTANDING STUNT ENSEMBLE (TV or Film)

Creed III — **WINNER!

The Continental: From the World of John Wick

They Cloned Tyrone 

Titans

Warrior 

OUTSTANDING SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONALITY  

Angel Laketa Moore — **WINNER!

Druski

Keith Lee

Lynae Vanee

Terrell Grice

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