The 2009 Celebration of Black Writing Festival will feature writing workshops, panel discussions, and book signings from more than 40 nationally-known and local best-selling authors from a variety of genres. Confirmed participants to date include:

Baker Jr, Dr. Houston A. -

Bandele, Asha - Something Like Beautiful

Baszile, Jennifer - The Girl Next Door

Blandon, Aaron - Filmmaker, The Batle of Eshu & Iku

Bogle, Robert - President, The Philadelphia Tribune

Bond, Ira - African Drummer & North Stars Instructor

Brown, Jesse

Cary, Lorene - The Price of a Child , FREE!

Crawley, Bruce A. -  President, Millennium 3 Management, Inc.

Cummings, Rick - Screenwriter

Days, Michael - Editor, The Philadelphia Daily News

Feelings, Muriel – Children’s Author

Greenfield, Eloise - Honey, I Love

Hopson, Carole -

Ikpi, Bassey – Spoken Word artist

Jones, Solomon – Author, Payback, C.R.E.A.M

King, Aliyah - 

Mshaka, Thembisa -

Myers Dean, Walter - Game

Nelson-Hayes, Lisa – Digital Storytelling Instructor

Pace, Lorenzo – Children’ author, Julani & The Lock

Pinkney, Jerry – Illustrator, Little Red Riding Hood

Prescott, Eloise - Aisha's Crowning Glory

Randolph, Irv - Managing Editor, The Philadelphia Tribune

Robinson, Brad –

Schockley, Ed

Smith-Brown, Tina

Touré - Author