NAACP and BET reveal date for 56th NAACP Image Awards

Today, the NAACP and BET announced that the 56th NAACP Image Awards will air continue to exist BET on Saturday, February 22, 2025, from Pasadena, California. Nominations for this event might be announced on January 7.

This yr’s ceremony will highlight excellence within the categories of film, television and streaming, recordings, literature and podcasts. Submissions for consideration of nominations will open on August 26 and close on Friday, November 8, 2024. The play or project will not be used as a part of a previously published project that may have been eligible within the previous yr.

One of probably the most iconic annual celebrations of Black excellence, the NAACP Image Awards attract Hollywood’s biggest and brightest stars. Previous years’ contestants and winners include Usher, Angela Bassett, Zendaya, Cortney B. Vance, Will Smith, Viola Davis, Beyoncé, Nicco Annan, Glynn Turman, Quinta Brunson, Amanda Gorman, Nia Long, Keith David, Jennifer Hudson, Stacey Abrams, Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union, Tems, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Yara Shahidi, Issa Rae, Janelle Monáe, Tracee Ellis Ross, Serena Williams, Kerry Washington, Method Man, Dominique Thorne, Tyler James Williams, Kyla Pratt and many others.

Take a take a look at the important thing dates and deadlines on the calendar for the 56th NAACP Image Awards.

MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2024

Applications open

FRIDAY OCTOBER 11, 2024

Early Bird Applications Close

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Submissions have been accomplished

MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2024

Voting within the Nominating Committee begins

FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 2024

Voting within the Nominating Committee has ended

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2025

The announcement of nominations and public voting begins