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2011 Screenwriting Expo:
Program Highlights
Sept. 15-18, 2011
Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, Calif.
The annual Screenwriting
Expo
is the biggest, most comprehensive, and most prestigious
educational
and networking meeting of screenwriter and aspiring screenwriters in
the world. Now in its seventh year, the Expo offers more than
200
educational seminars and sessions with writers; the Golden Pitch, the
biggest screenplay pitch festival in existence; a prestigious roster of
screenwriting Guests of Honor; a unique on-site scene-writing
competition for prizes, the Cyberspace Open; and a series of evening networking
receptions for workintg and aspiring writers.
This
year's
program includes
more
than 75 brand new, advanced educational sessions never taught before at
the Expo, along with the ost popular teachers from years past,
including Syd Field, Karl Iglesias, Pilar Alessandra, Hollywood
networking expert Heather Hale, and many more.
The Program
Calendar Of Sessions; Session
Descriptions; Speakers; Search
For Sessions
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to go to this page
For a view of the entire
program, we suggest that you start at this drill-down index of
sessions.
This page will take you to pages at which you can see all
sessions on
a calendar by time, or listed by speaker, genre, subject, track,
session type, and experience level taught, and a page at which you
can search by keyword. Basic Pass regstrants can
sign up for
individual classes using the links on these pages.
Guests of Honor And Master Writers
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Guests
of Honor are the most popular sessions on the program, and we
have an outstanding lineup this year, headed by the creative forces
behind "Lost" and "Heroes,," Nancy Meyers, William Goldman, and more.
See this
page for the full list to date; we encourage youto check the
page occasionally for updates. See this page for a list of additional
working writers on the program
The Golden Pitch Screenplay Pitch
Festival
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With
more than 60
production companies and agents receiving pitches, the Golden
Pitch Festival
has become one of the biggest, and possibly THE biggest, pitch meeting
in the world.
Expo Screenplay Competition
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The Expo
Screenplay Competition is one of the most prestigious and
richest screenplay contests around. More than $100,000 in cash and
other prizes are awarded in front of hundreds of your
peers at the Expo closing ceremony.
Cyberspace Open Scene-Writing Competition
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Open
on site to all Expo registrants, the CS
Open is a unique contest. In a series of
eliminations, writers compete for three prizes. One writer
will leave with the top prize of $3,000. The contest
is judged by the audience at the closing ceremony after live readings
of the scenes of two or three finalists. there is no other
contest like it.
How To Register; Registration
Information
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See
the registration
page for basic information on the different types of passes,
prices, and event tickets.
Also, be sure to read our cancellation
policy before you register. This policy is the
final word on refunds.
And do you want a Basic
Pass or Gold Pass? Click the link to learn what
each pass offers.
Travel, Lodging, Directions, Hotels,
Maps, Lunch and Dining, Parking, And All That
See the links
in the "Travel and Lodging" box on the left side of this page.
This box
appears on many pages on this site.
If You Want To Exhibit Or Sponsor An
Event Or Advertise In The Program
Contact our Advertising
Director at advertising.director@creativescreenwriting.com
If
You Would Like To Be A Speaker
Click to go to this page
We are
seeking speakers in certain categories and on certain topics, and can
add speakers in a few time slots right up until shortly before
the Expo. Click here
for a description of the topics and people we seek, and then click here
to propose.
Exhibit
Hall
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Attending
the Expo can save you money! Virtually every product and
service is offered at discount prices by the 30 exhibitors in the Expo
Exhibit Hall.
Volunteer To work At The Expo
Click to sign up at http://screenwritingexpo.com/volunteer.html
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