Writing Categories

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Aisha Muharrar – Hacks – “Clickable Face” (HBO Max)

Frida Perez – The Studio – “The War” (Apple TV)

Lizzy Darrell – Abbott Elementary – “100th Day of School” (ABC)

Monique D. Hall – Sesame Street – “Tamir’s Art Show” (MAX)

Naomi Ekperigin – St. Denis Medical – “Buffalo Bruce and the Matty Kid” (NBC)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

Ajani Jackson – Law & Order – “Episode 10” (NBC)

Bryce Ahart, Stephanie McFarlane – FBI – “Episode 12” (CBS)

C.A. Johnson – The Beast in Me – “Thanatos” (Netflix)

Cynthia Adarkwa – The Pitt -“12:00 P.M.” (HBO Max)

Walter Mosley – The Lowdown – “Tulsa Turnaround” (FX/Hulu)

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie, Documentary or Special

Aireka Muse – Friends & Lovers (Lifetime Movie Network)

Jas Summers – Stay (Hulu)

Jerrod Carmichael – Jerrod Carmichael: Don’t Be Gay (HBO Max)

Michael Elliot, Cory Tynan – Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)

Roye Okupe and Brandon Easton – Iyanu: The Age of Wonders (Cartoon Network)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)

Nora Garrett – After the Hunt (Amazon MGM Studios)

Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Syreeta Singleton – One of Them Days (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Walter Mosley, Nadia Latif – The Man in My Basement (Andscape)

Directing Categories

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Amy Aniobi – Survival of the Thickest – “It’s Not a Mo’Ment, It’s a Movement, Bitch!” (Netflix)

Colman Domingo – The Four Seasons – “Ultimate Frisbee” (Netflix)

Paul Hunter – Government Cheese – “Father Facts, Figures, and Failures” (Apple TV)

Theodore Witcher – Demascus – “The Thanksgiving Episode” (Tubi)

Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary – “The Science Fair” (ABC)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

Angela Barnes – Ironheart – “The Past Is the Past” (Disney+)

Anton Cropper – Reasonable Doubt – “Feelin’ It” (Hulu)

Jet Wilkinson – The Copenhagen Test – “Copenhagen” (Peacock)

Mario Van Peebles – Power Book III: Raising Kanan – “Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself” (STARZ)

Salli Richardson-Whitfield – The Gilded Age – “My Mind Is Made Up” (HBO Max)

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie, Documentary or Special

Alanna Brown – Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)

Nicole G. Leier – Trapped in the Spotlight (Lifetime)

Olatunde Osunsanmi – Star Trek: Section 31 (Paramount+)

Tailiah Breon – Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story (A&E)

Troy A. Scott – I’ll Never Let You Go (Lifetime)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

Elijah Bynum – Magazine Dreams (Briarcliff Entertainment)

Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)

Lawrence Lamont – One of Them Days (Sony Pictures Releasing)

R.T. Thorne – 40 Acres (Magnolia Pictures)

Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Film)

Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson – Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (Hulu)

Andre Gaines – Boo-Yah – A Portrait of Stuart Scott (ESPN)

Contessa Gayles – Songs from the Hole (Netflix)

Reginald Hudlin, Shola Lynch – Number One on the Call Sheet (Apple TV)

Yemi Oyediran – King of Them All: The Story of King Records (PBS)

Literary Categories

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

Can’t Get Enough – Kennedy Ryan (Forever/Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group)

Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic – Harmonia Rosales (W. W. Norton & Company)

Death of the Author – Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow)

Happy Land – Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Berkley, Penguin Random House)

Harlem Rhapsody – Victoria Christopher Murray (Berkley, Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction

A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm & Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics – Juanita Tolliver (Legacy Lit/Hachette Book Group)

Born in Flames – Bench Ansfield (W. W. Norton & Company)

From These Roots – Tamara Lanier (Penguin Random House, Crown)

Hidden Hospitality: Untold Stories of Black Hotel, Motel, and Resort Owners from the Pioneer Days to the Civil Rights Era – Calvin Stovall Jr. (Brown Books Publishing Group)

I Am Nobody’s Slave – Lee Hawkins (HarperCollins Publishers)

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

Anela Malik – American Soul: The Black History of Food in the United States (National Geographic Partners, LLC)

Charles B. Fancher – Red Clay (Blackstone Publishing)

Dr. Judith Joseph – High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy (Little, Brown Spark)

Lorna Lewis – A Sky Full of Love (Lake Union)

Zoe B. Wallbrook – History Lessons (Soho Crime)

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/ Autobiography

107 Days – Kamala Harris (Simon & Schuster)

The Look – Michelle Obama (Crown)

Toni at Random – Dana A. Williams (Amistad, HarperCollins)

Truly – Lionel Richie (HarperOne)

Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three – Dawn Staley (Black Privilege Publishing (Atria Books, Simon & Schuster)

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

American Soul: The Black History of Food in the United States – Anela Malik (National Geographic Partners, LLC)

Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine – Dr. Jessica Harris (Penguin Random House/Clarkson Potter)

We the Pizza: Slangin’ Pies and Savin’ Lives – Muhammad Abdul-Hadi (Penguin Random House/Clarkson Potter)

Who Better Than You? – Will Packer (Penguin Random House)

Wine Pairing for the People – Cha McCoy (Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow, HarperCollins)

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

Death of the First Idea – Rickey Laurentiis (Alfred A. Knopf)

Florida Water – Aja Monet (Haymarket Books)

The Grace of Black Mothers – Martheaus Perkins (Trio House Press)

The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems – Patricia Smith (Scribner)

We Look Better Alive – Ali Black (Burnside Review Press)

Outstanding Literary Work – Children

Black Boy, Rise – Brynne Barnes (Chronicle Books)

Black Diamond Kings: Heroes of Negro League Baseball – Charles R. Smith Jr. (Candlewick Press)

My Quiet Place – Monica Mikai (Chronicle Books )

The History of We – Nikkolas Smith (Penguin Young Readers)

Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark – Allen R. Wells; Illustrated by DeAndra Hodge (Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers/Macmillan)

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

(S)Kin – Ibi Zoboi (HarperCollins/Versify)

Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Book of Anansi – Angie Thomas (HarperCollins/Clarion Books)

The Scammer – Tiffany D. Jackson (HarperCollins – Quill Tree Books)

The Story of My Anger – Jasminne Mendez (Penguin Young Readers)

Through Our Teeth – Pamela N. Harris (HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books)

Outstanding Literary Work – Graphic Novel

Creaky Acres: A Graphic Novel – Calista Bril (Penguin Young Readers)

Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls – Rob Edwards (Stranger Comics)

One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel – Rita William-Garcia (HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books)

Parable of the Talents a Graphic Novel Adaptation – Octavia E. Butler, adapted by Damien Duffy, Illustrated by John Jennings and David Brame (Abrams ComicArts)

They Choose Violence – Sheldon Allen (AWA Studios)

Outstanding Literary Work – Journalism

“As Black New Yorkers Move Out, N.Y.C. Politics May Be Reshaped” – Maya King (Newspaper)

“Audra McDonald Took the Stage and Rewrote the Rules” – Adam Davenport (Online)

“Black joy and boots: How line dancing is fanning cultural connection” – Lisa Respers France (News Service)

“HBCUs Reel as Trump Cuts Black-Focused Grants: ‘This Is Our Existence’” – Jasper Smith (Online)

“On Borrowed Time” – Anissa Durham (Online)

Podcast Categories

Outstanding Podcast – News and Information

Accidentally Informed (ComebackTV Presents)

Native Land Pod (iHeartMedia/Reasoned Choice Media)

The Assignment with Audie Cornish (CNN)

The Don Lemon Show (Lemon Media Network)

The Joy Reid Show (Image Lab Media Group LLC)

Outstanding Podcast – Lifestyle/Self-Help

Ageless, Fearless, & Unscripted (Williamson Media Group)

Hot & Bothered with Melyssa Ford (Forged Path Productions)

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson (Higher Ground)

Just Heal with Dr. Jay (Cue & Coda Films)

Money And Wealth With John Hope Bryant (Black Effect-iHeartPodcasts)

Outstanding Podcast – Society and Culture

Baby, This Is Keke Palmer (Wondery)

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay (The Ringer)

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson (Higher Ground)

The Don Lemon Show (Lemon Media Network)

What Now? with Trevor Noah (Day Zero Productions)

Outstanding Podcast – Arts, Sports and Entertainment

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson (Higher Ground)

Legacy Talk with Lena Waithe (Hillman Grad & Lemonada Media)

ReLiving Single with Erika Alexander & Kim Coles (Hartbeat)

Shawn Stockman’s On That Note (CTG Media)

SPOLITICS with Jemele Hill (Unbothered Inc)

Outstanding Podcast – Scripted/Limited Series/Short Form

Exonerated: The Cost of Wrongful Conviction (WURD Radio)

Interesting Things with JC (Jim Connors LLC)

Kingsland (SBH Productions and Audible)

Squeezed with Yvette Nicole Brown (Lemonada Media)

The Prophecy Season 2 (Audible, Simpson Street and Q Code Media)

Digital Content Categories

Outstanding Digital Content Creator – Art/Comedy

Darren Watkins Jr. – @IShowSpeed

Jordan Howlett – @jordan_the_stallion8

Joshua Neal – @joshuadneal

Lou Young – @Louuuyoung

Tee Sanders – @teesanderscomedy

Outstanding Digital Content Creator – Political/Culture

Elizabeth Booker Houston – @bookersquared

Garrison Hayes – @garrisonh

George Lee Jr. – @theconsciouslee

Joshua Doss – @doss.discourse

Lynae Vanee – @lynaevance

Outstanding Digital Content Creator – Fashion/Beauty

Allyiah Gainer – @allyiahsface

De’arra Taylor – @dearra

Eni Popoola – @enigivensunday

Jackie Asamoah – @jackieaina

Wisdom Kaye – @wisdm

Outstanding Digital Content Creator – Gaming/Tech

Berlin Edmonds – @Berleezy

Cory Kenshin – @CoryxKenshin

Gerard Williams – @Hiphopgamer

Jay Ann Lopez – @blackgirlgamers

Khleo Thomas – @khleothomas

Alex Hill – @justaddhotsauce

Jeanette Jenkins – @msjeanettejenkins

Keith Lee – @Keith_Lee125

Kimberly Villalobos – @KimmysKreations.1

Massy Arias – @Massy.arias

Other Categories

Outstanding Costume Design (TV or Film)

Bel-Air – Queensylvia Akuchie (Peacock)

Highest 2 Lowest – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck (A24)

Love, Brooklyn – Missy Mickens (Greenwich Entertainment)

Sinners – Ruth E. Carter (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Make-up (TV or Film)

All’s Fair – Kate Biscoe (Hulu)

Bel-Air – Alyssa Hudson (Peacock)

Chief of War – Christian Tinsley (Apple TV)

Highest 2 Lowest – Ngozi Olandu Young (A24)

Sinners – Ken Diaz (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Hair Styling (TV or Film)

All’s Fair – Valerie Jackson (Hulu)

Bel-Air – Terry Hunt (Peacock)

Beyond the Gates – Wankala L. Hinkson (CBS)

Reasonable Doubt – Deaundra Metzger (Hulu)

Sinners – Shunika Terry (Warner Bros. Pictures)

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