Black Writers On Tour 2008 - About the Event

A Special Opportunity for Authors and Writers.

Reception With Entertainment
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Poetry Jam Competition - WIN CASH!!!
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

WHAT:

BLACK WRITERS ON TOUR - 2008
Los Angeles, CA

WHEN:

Date: April 26^th, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

WHERE:

LAX - Crowne Plaza Hotel

5985 West Century Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90045

WHO:	Expected number of Authors - 300+
	Expected number of Exhibitors - 100
	Projected attendance - 5,000 - 6,000 .

	Authors Writers Aspiring Writers Readers Book Clubs Librarians Major Publishers Literary Agents and, Others.
PURPOSE:	To give exposure to African-American authors and writers, increase their book sales, motivate, and develop aspiring new writers and authors.

ACTIVITIES:

Breakfast and roundtable dialogue with self-published and mainstream authors. “Which is right for you?”
Luncheon with entertainment and keynote speaker
Seminars and Workshops
Press Conferences
Exhibit Booths
Poetry Jam Competition
Children’s Writing Contest
Highlighting African American Writers, sixty-five years old and older in a forum called “Let The Elders Speak.”