The 56th NAACP Image Awards will be held on February 22, 2025, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, where the show has been held 15 times since 1992. The ceremony will be broadcast live on BET.
Submissions for consideration of nominations will open on Monday, August 26. All entries must be received by Friday, November 8th at the NCAACP Image Awards' Website. Nominations will be announced on January 7, 2025.
The 2024 NAACP Image Awards took place on March 16. Usher received the President's Award and also won Artist of the Year and Outstanding Male Artist. Among the music stars, Victoria Monét and Chris Brown also won several awards. Monét won Outstanding album for Jaguar II and outstanding young artist. Brown won three awards, including two (Outstanding Music Video/Visual album and Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration, Contemporary) for “Sensational,” featuring Davido & Lojay.
Queen Latifah has hosted the show for the past two years. Anthony Anderson, star of the long blackishhosted the eight years before that.
The NAACP Image Awards, started in 1967, celebrate excellence in the categories of film, television + streaming, recordings, literature and podcasts. A release says the show is committed to “uplifting the values that inspire equality, justice and progressive change, and highlighting artists who are committed to those values.”
Here are key dates and deadlines for the 56th NAACP Image Awards:
Monday, August 26
Submissions are open
Friday, Oct. 11
Early submissions close
Friday, Nov. 8
Submissions are closing
Monday, December 2
Voting begins in the nomination committee
Friday, December 13
Voting in the nomination committee ends
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Announcement of nominations. public voting begins
Saturday, February 22, 2025
56th NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, California.
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