Thank You For Your Interest In Presenting  At The 2010 Screenwriting Expo! To bypass this page and submit Expo seminar proposals, click here.   Please let us start by thanking you for considering the Expo and propsing sessions.  We feel honored that you think the Expo is worth your valuable time. And in advance, please allow us to apologize to great teachers and other experienced, wise proposers whose ideas for sessions end up not being selected.  Sessions are chosen based on what registrants want and do not want... What Registrants Don't Want: Infomercializing.  Above all, sessions which are or include "infomercials" or plugs for the speaker's latest book or outside class.  Registrants pay to travel to the Expo, to register, and to attend classes.  They rightly feel cheated by a session intended to whet their appetite for your book or class.   The same sessions as in prior years.   Most registrants are repeat registrants.  They want new content. They are very emphatic about this.  Exceptions: classes which drew high attendance last year.  We have already invited those teachers back.  If you did not/do not receive an invitation, we're sorry...The audience has spoken.  A program packed with teachers.  Yes, we know--they NEED teachers.  (We read scripts, too! And holy cow, do a lot of aspiring screenwriters need to learn more!)  But they get to choose what they buy.  We invite many teachers who are highly in demand, and we invite teachers offering something new.  But we have to limit the number of teachers and consultants on the program because the paying customers say so.      What Registrants Do Want: Currently working film and TV producers -- giving sessions, on panels, being interviewed.  Currently working film and TV writers.  A mix of newly-successful and long-time-successful writers. Currently working movie directors, especially writers/directors. Agents who are interested and open to discovering that new "star" writer as a potential client. Sessions on craft.  (We have scheduled many. We believe we have the subject of craft covered, but feel free to propose.) Sessions on pitching.  We have invited some pitching experts.  We might add sessions on pitching. Sessions on breaking in, with writers who have recently done so. Breaking in from afar is a hot topic if you have actually done so.   A few sessions on the business sides of being a screenwriter.  Contracts, copyrights, taxes, managing one's career. Decision Timetables: We expect that the initial round of selections from proposals will be selected by July 15, 2010.  We will add sessions through late September 2010. Invited Teacher Benefits Quick Summary     – $3 for each paying registrant attending your sessions(s), using our count.  This $3 is per session, not per teacher.       – free or reimbursed parking up to $19/day each day you are presenting     – free pass to the entire Expo, classes, and evening receptions     – free basic Expo registration for your designated assistant     – use of speakers’ Green Room/lounge all day, each day of the Expo     – food and beverage benefits in Green Room (details to be worked out).     – Promotional help to market your outside products and services, before, during, and after the Expo See the full Speaker Agreement (next page) for the actual terms. Invited* Speaker Requirements Quick Summary: Here is a quick summary of what you will be expected to provide:     – A professional, relevant presentation     – No commercialism or "informercializing"--strictly enforced--see below     – Be on time.     – No recording     – Warranty that you own the work you present or have the right to use it. Ready to propose a session or sessions?  Click here to read the speaker agreement and go to the proposal form*.