Black Writers Weekend - Los Angeles The Pop Up Experience

Los Angeles, Your Story Has Been Waiting For This Moment. 🖤🔥

Black Writers Weekend is landing in the entertainment capital of the world — and we are bringing the culture, the community, and the conversation with us. LA, you have always been the city where dreams get made. Now it is time to celebrate the Black storytellers, authors, filmmakers, and creatives who are making those dreams a reality.

This is not just an event. This is a movement pulling up to your city — and you need to be in that room.

Here is what Los Angeles has locked in:

🎬 Exclusive Screening of Dear Black Writers — a bold, cinematic love letter to every Black writer who ever dared to put their story on the page, the screen, and the stage. In a city built on film and storytelling, this one is going to HIT different.

🎤 Dynamic Artist Panel — powerhouse creatives from books, film, television, and media sitting down for the conversation LA has been needing. We are talking craft, industry, access, and the unapologetic future of Black storytelling at the highest level. No gatekeeping. Just game.

🥂 Curated Creative Mixer — LA is full of Black creatives doing incredible things in rooms that do not always connect. We are changing that. Come ready to network with intention, find your collaborators, and build the kind of relationships that move your career forward.

Los Angeles, you are the city where stories come to life — and Black Writers Weekend is here to make sure BLACK stories get the spotlight they have always deserved. 🖤✍🏾

This is your creative homecoming. Come get in the room.

🎟️ Secure your spot NOW — LA is going to sell out fast.

📍 Black Writers Weekend Los Angeles | Cal State University 🗓️ May 8 – 9, 2026

How to get there:

Golden Eagle Ballrooms (located on the 3rd floor of the Golden Eagle Building at Cal State LA)

Building Address: 1994 Paseo Rancho Castilla, Los Angeles, CA 90032

Main Campus Address: 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032

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