The 55th NAACP Image Awards, presented by the NAACP, will honor outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2023 calendar year. The ceremony will be hosted and aired on March 16, 2024 on BET and simulcast on CBS.[1] Non–televised Image Awards categories will be livestreamed March 11–14th on the Image Awards website.[2]
Submissions were received online from July 31 to November 3, 2023,[3] and public online voting on the shortlisted nominations for performance categories are set to run from January 25 to February 24, 2024 on the Image Awards website.[4]
The nominations were announced on January 25, 2024 with the film The Color Purple and actor Colman Domingo leading the motion picture categories with 16 and 3 nominations, respectively, and Ayo Edebiri leading the nominations for television and streaming categories with two for Abbott Elementary and The Bear.[5][6] In the recording categories, Victoria Monét and Usher led the nominations with six and five nominations, respectively.[7] RCA Records collectively led the nominations in the recording categories with 20 nominations, while HarperCollins Publisher and Penguin Random House led the literary categories with seven and four nods, respectively.[8]
Category changes
Eight new categories were created:[9]
- Outstanding Youth Performance in a Motion Picture
- Outstanding Cinematography in a Motion Picture
- Outstanding Short Form Documentary Motion Picture
- Outstanding Original Score for TV/Film
- Outstanding Scripted Series Podcast
- Outstanding Limited Series/Short Form Podcast
- Outstanding Graphic Novel
- Outstanding Stunt Ensemble
Winners and nominees
All nominees are listed below, and the winners are listed in bold.[10][11]
Special Awards
Motion Picture
Television
Drama
Comedy
Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
| Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
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| Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
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Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
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| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
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Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
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| Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special
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Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special
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- Dwayne Johnson–Cochran – Heist 88
- 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
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Overall Acting
Reality and Variety
| Outstanding Talk Series
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Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition Series or Game Show
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- America’s Got Talent
- Barbecue Showdown
- Celebrity Family Feud
- Critter Fixers: Country Vets
- Wild ‘N Out
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| Outstanding News / Information – (Series or Special)
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Outstanding Host in a Talk or News / Information (Series or Special)
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- 20/20 – Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water – A Conversation with Robin Roberts
- The 1619 Project
- theGrio with Marc Lamont Hill
- The Reidout
- Into America
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- Bomani Jones – Game Theory with Bomani Jones
- Joy Reid – The Reidout
- Sherri Shepherd – Sherri
- Tamron Hall – Tamron Hall
- Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Alyssa Farah Griffin – The View
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| Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special)
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Outstanding Host in a Reality, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special)
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- A Black Lady Sketch Show
- A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip–Hop
- Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
- My Name is Mo’Nique
- Wanda Sykes: I’m An Entertainer
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- Anthony Anderson, Cedric The Entertainer – Kings of BBQ
- DC Young Fly – Celebrity Squares
- Nick Cannon – The Masked Singer
- RuPaul Charles – RuPaul’s Drag Race
- Steve Harvey – Celebrity Family Feud
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Other Categories
| Outstanding Short-Form Series (Drama or Comedy)
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Outstanding Short-Form Series - Reality/Nonfiction
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| Outstanding Animated Series
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Outstanding Children's Program
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| Outstanding Performance in a Short Form Series
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Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)
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Documentary
| Outstanding Documentary (Film)
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Outstanding Documentary (Television)
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| Outstanding Short Form Documentary
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Outstanding Directing in a Documentary
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- Alive in Bronze: Huey P. Newton
- Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
- Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
- Freshwater
- Ifine: Beauty
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Costume Design, Make-up and Hairstyling
| Outstanding Costume Design
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Outstanding Make-up
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- Charlese Antoinette Jones – Air
- Dierdra Elizabeth Govan – I’m A Virgo
- Toni–Leslie James, Josh Quinn – Rustin
- Francine Jamison–Tanchuck – The Color Purple
- Marci Rodgers, Richard Gross, Paul A. Simmons Jr. – Shooting Stars
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- 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
- Denise Pugh–Ruiz – UnPrisoned
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| Outstanding Hairstyling
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- 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
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Stunt
| Outstanding Stunt Ensemble (TV or Film)
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- Creed III
- The Continental: From the World of John Wick
- They Cloned Tyrone
- Titans
- Warrior
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Recording
Podcast and Social Media
| Outstanding News and Information Podcast
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Outstanding Lifestyle/Self-Help Podcast
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- #SundayCivics
- Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant
- Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams
- Into America with Trymaine Lee
- The Assignment with Audie Cornish
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- Black Money Tree
- Chile, Please
- Is This Going to Cause an Argument?
- The Laverne Cox Show
- The Light
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| Outstanding Society and Culture Podcast
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Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Podcast
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- Higher Learning with Van Jones 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
- The Bakari Sellers Podcast
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- All the Smoke
- Baby, This is Keke Palmer
- Being Black: The 80s
- Here's the Thing
- Nightcap with Unc and Ocho
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| Outstanding Scripted Series Podcast
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Outstanding Podcast – Limited Series/Short Form
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- Crimson Hearts Collide
- Small Victories
- TwentyOne 21: A Black AF Scripted Audio Comedy
- Whose Amazing Life?
- Yes We Cannabis
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- 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
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| Social Media Personality of the Year
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Literary
| Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
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Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
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- 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 Dani Gurira
- The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families – Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer
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| Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
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Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
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- And Then He Sang a Lullaby – Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
- Coleman Hill: A Novel – Kim Coleman Foote
- Rootless – Krystle Zara Appiah
- The Black Joy Project – Kleaver Cruz
- The God of Good Looks – Breanne McIvor
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- 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
- Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes – Stephen A. Smith
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| Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
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Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
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- 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
- Livable Luxe – Brigette Romanek
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- Above Ground – Clint Smith
- So to Speak – Terrance Hayes
- Suddenly we – Evie Shockley
- The Ferguson Report: An Erasure – Nicole Sealey
- Why Fathers Cry at Night – Kwame Alexander
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| Outstanding Literary Work – Children
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Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
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- CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora – Kahran Bethencourt
- 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
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- Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans – Isi Hendrix
- Eb & Flow – Kelly J. Baptist
- Everyone’s Thinking It – Aleema Omotoni
- Fatima Tate Takes the Cake – Khadijah VanBrakle
- Friday I’m in Love – Camryn Garrett
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| Outstanding Graphic Novel
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- 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
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