Here’s the Date of the 2025 NAACP Image Awards — and All Key Dates

The 56th NAACP Image Awards will take place on Feb. 22, 2025, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif., where the show has been held 15 times since 1992. The ceremony will air live on BET. 

Submissions for nominations consideration will open Monday, Aug. 26. All entries must be received by Friday, Nov. 8 at the NCAACP Image Awards’ website. Nominations will be announced on Jan. 7, 2025.

The 2024 NAACP Image Awards were held on March 16. Usher received the President’s Award and also won entertainer of the year and outstanding male artist. Among music stars, Victoria Monét and Chris Brown also won multiple awards. Monét won outstanding album for Jaguar II and outstanding new 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 hosted the show the last two years. Anthony Anderson, star of the long-running blackish, hosted the eight years before that.

The NAACP Image Awards, which originated in 1967, celebrates excellence in the categories of motion pictures, television + streaming, recordings, literature, and podcasts. A release says the show is committed to “uplifting values that inspire equality, justice, and progressive change, and highlighting artists committed to these values.”

Following are key dates and deadlines for the 56th NAACP Image Awards:

Monday, Aug. 26

Submissions open

Friday, Oct. 11

Early-bird submissions close

Friday, Nov. 8

Submissions close

Monday, Dec. 2

Nominating committee voting begins

Friday, Dec. 13

Nominating committee voting ends

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025

Nomination announcement; public voting begins

Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025

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