Outstanding Documentary (Film)

“Attica” (Showtime)

“Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power” (Greenwich Entertainment)

“My Name Is Pauli Murray” (Amazon Studios in association with Participant)

“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” (Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective, Hulu)

“Tina” (HBO Documentary Films)

Outstanding Documentary (Television)

“1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything” (Apple TV+)

“American Masters: How It Feels to Be Free” (PBS)

“Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali” (Netflix)

“High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America” (Netflix)

“Insecure” Documentary (HBO)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Ashley Nicole Black – “Ted Lasso” – “Do the Right-est Thing” (Apple TV+)

Issa Rae – “Insecure” -“Everything’s Gonna Be, Okay?!” (HBO)

Leann Bowen – “Ted Lasso” – “Lavender” (Apple TV+)

Maya Erskine – “Pen15” – “Blue in Green” (Hulu)

Temi Wilkey – “Sex Education” – “Episode #3.6” (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

Aurin Squire – “Evil” – “C Is For Cop” (Paramount+)

Davita Scarlett – “The Good Fight” – “And the Firm Had Two Partners…” (Paramount+)

Malcolm Spellman – “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” – “New World Order” (Disney+)

Nkechi Okoro Carroll – “All American” – “Homecoming” (The CW)

Steven Canals, Janet Mock, Our Lady J, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy – “Pose” – “Series Finale” (FX Network)

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special

Abdul Williams – “Salt-N-Pepa” (Lifetime Movie Network)

Mario Miscione, Marcella Ochoa – “Madres” (Amazon Studios)

Monique N. Matthew – “A Holiday In Harlem” (Hallmark Channel)

Sameer Gardezi – “Hot Mess Holiday” (Comedy Central)

Sherman Payne – “Black As Night” (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris – “Zola” (A24)

Jeymes Samuel, Boaz Yakin – “The Harder They Fall” (Netflix)

Shaka King, Will Berson, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas – “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Virgil Williams – “A Journal for Jordan” (Columbia Pictures)

Win Rosenfeld, Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele – “Candyman” (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Bashir Salahuddin, Diallo Riddle – “South Side” – “Tornado” (HBO Max)

Melina Matsoukas – “Insecure” – “Reunited, Okay?!” (HBO)

Neema Barnette – “Harlem – “Once Upon A Time in Harlem” (Amazon Studios)

Prentice Penny – “Insecure” – “Everything’s Gonna Be, Okay?!” (HBO)

Tiffany Johnson – “Black Monday” – “Eight!” (Showtime)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

Anthony Hemingway – “Genius: Aretha” – “Respect” (National Geographic)

Barry Jenkins – “The Underground Railroad” – “Indiana Winter” (Amazon Studios)

Carl Seaton – “Snowfall” – “Fight or Flight” (FX Network)

Carl Seaton – “Godfather of Harlem” – “The Bonanno Split” (EPIX)

Hanelle Culpepper – “True Story” – “Like Cain Did Abel” (Netflix)

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special

Jaffar Mahmood – “Hot Mess Holiday” (Comedy Central)

Kenny Leon – “Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia” (Lifetime)

Mario Van Peebles – “Salt-N-Pepa” (Lifetime)

Maritte Lee Go – “Black As Night” (Amazon Studios)

Veronica Rodriguez – “Let’s Get Merried” (VH1)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

Denzel Washington – “A Journal for Jordan” (Columbia Pictures)

Jeymes Samuel – “The Harder They Fall” (Netflix)

Lin-Manuel Miranda – “tick tick…BOOM!” (Netflix)

Reinaldo Marcus Green – “King Richard” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Shaka King – “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)

Andre Gaines – “The One and Only Dick Gregory” (Showtime)

Dawn Porter – “Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer” (National Geographic)

Sam Pollard – “MLK/FBI” (IFC Films)

Samantha Knowles, Yoruba Richen, Geeta Gandbhir, Nadia Hallgren – “Black and Missing” (HBO)

Spike Lee – “NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½” (HBO Max)

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

“Harlem Shuffle” – Colson Whitehead (Penguin Random House)

“Libertie” – Kaitlyn Greenidge (Algonquin Books)

“Long Division” – Kiese Laymon (Simon & Schuster)

“The Man Who Lived Underground” – Richard Wright (Library of America)

“The Perishing” – Natashia Deón (Counterpoint Press)

Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction

“Dance Theatre of Harlem” – Judy Tyrus, Paul Novosel (Kensington)

“Just As I Am” – Cicely Tyson (Amistad)

“My Remarkable Journey” – Katherine Johnson (Amistad)

“Renegades: Born in the USA” – Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen (Penguin Random House)

“The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story” – Nikole Hannah-Jones (Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

“Just As I Am” – Cicely Tyson (Amistad)

“My Remarkable Journey” – Katherine Johnson (Amistad)

“Other Black Girl: A Novel” – Zakiya Dalila Harris (Simon & Schuster)

“The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois” – Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (HarperCollins Publishers)

“Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts” – Rebecca Hall (Simon & Schuster)

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography

“Just As I Am” – Cicely Tyson (Amistad)

“Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement” – Tarana Burke (Macmillan / Flatiron Books)

“Unprotected: A Memoir” – Billy Porter (Abrams Press)

“Until I Am Free” – Keisha Blain (Beacon Press)

“Will” – Will Smith (Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

“Diversity Is Not Enough: A Roadmap to Recruit, Develop and Promote Black Leaders in America” – Keith Wyche (Kandelle Publishing)

“Feeding the Soul (Because It’s My Business)” – Tabitha Brown (HarperCollins Publishers)

“Permission to Dream” – Chris Gardner (Amistad)

“Teaching Black History to White People” – Leonard N. Moore (University of Texas Press)

“The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations” – Robert Livingston (Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

“Perfect Black” – Crystal Wilkinson (University Press of Kentucky)

“Playlist for the Apocalypse” – Rita Dove (W. W. Norton & Company)

“Such Color: New and Selected Poems” – Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press)

“The Wild Fox of Yemen” – Threa Almontaser (Graywolf Press)

“What Water Knows: Poems” – Jacqueline Jones LaMon (Northwestern University Press)

Outstanding Literary Work – Children

“Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy” – Misty Copeland (Aladdin)

“Change Sings” – Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Penguin Young Readers)

“Stacey’s Extraordinary Words” – Stacey Abrams, Kitt Thomas (HarperCollins)

“Time for Bed, Old House” – Janet Costa Bates, A.G. Ford (Candlewick Press)

“When Langston Dances” – Kaija Langley, Keith Mallett (S&S Books for Young Readers)

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

“Ace of Spades” – Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Feiwel & Friends / Macmillan)

“Happily Ever Afters” – Elise Bryant (HarperCollins)

“The Cost of Knowing” – Brittney Morris (Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers)

“When You Look Like Us” – Pamela N. Harris (HarperCollins)

“Wings of Ebony” – J. Elle (S&S Books for Young Readers)

Outstanding News and Information Podcast

“#SundayCivics”

“After the Uprising: The Death of Danyé Dion Jones”

“Blindspot: Tulsa Burning”

“Into America”

“Un(re)solved”

Outstanding Lifestyle/Self-Help Podcast

“Checking In with Michelle Williams”

“The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema”

“The SonRise Project Podcast”

“Two Funny Mamas: Sherri Shepherd & Kym Whitley”

“Under Construction w/ Tamar Braxton”

Outstanding Society and Culture Podcast

“Beyond the Scenes – The Daily Show”

“Jemele Hill is Unbothered”

“Professional Troublemaker”

“Questlove Supreme”

“Super Soul Podcast”

Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Podcast

“Club Shay Shay podcast with Shannon Sharpe”

“Jemele Hill is Unbothered”

“Questlove Supreme”

“Reasonably Shady”

“The History of Sketch Comedy with Keegan-Michael Key”

Social Media Personality of the Year Nominees

@Euniquejg – Eunique Jones GIbson

@KevOnStage – Kevin Fredericks

@Laronhinesofficial – Laron Hines

@_Lyneezy – Lanae Vanee

@Terrellgrice – Terrell Grice

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