Welcome, and pitch well!   The link below will take you to buy pitch tickets.  But first...


Pitch Tickets $25 Each.    There Is A 20% Discount For Five Or More Tickets In One Transaction.   Read the advice and warnings below.  You will NOT receive the discount if you buy fewer than five tickets in a transaction.   Sorry, but the only way to get the discount is to order five or more in on sale transaction.  The shopping cart applies it automatically.  Virtually every shopping cart in the world works this way. If you purchase fewer than five in any transaction, the price will be $25 each, and you will NOT receive a refund or credit if you previously bought other tickets and your total from two transactions adds up to five.

Beware of disappearing tickets and losing your discount:

If you put five tickets into your shopping cart, make sure they are still there when you click to pay.  If someone else buys a ticket while it is in your cart, it will disappear from your cart and you will have lost the opportunity to buy it.  
  

You may re-sell your tickets.  The buyer will have to affirm the Release and Waiver before he/she may pitch.  The buyer will have to be someone with an Expo badge in order to pitch.     
 
At the Expo, you will be required to sign a release form identical or closely similar in intent and content to the one below when you pick up your tickets to pitch.   You must be a registered Expo attendee and be wearing your badge to pitch.

 If you do not consent to signing the release, DO NOT buy pitch tickets.  You will not be allowed to pitch. Tickets are not refundable.   If you refuse to affirm the agreement, you will forfeit the amount you paid for them.  You must be registered to attend the Expo and be wearing your badge in order to pitch.  There will be no exceptions granted.


1. I have supplied truthful and accurate information in the application form.

2. The material that I will pitch is mine, I have exclusive rights to the material, and the material is original to me.

3. I understand and agree that the burden of securing copyright or WGA registration for my screenplay or idea lies entirely with me.

4. I have read and understand the rules and intentions of the Golden Pitch Festival at The 2009 Screenwriting Expo.

5. I agree to hold Creative Screenwriting Magazine, The Screenwriting Expo, their parent organization Inside Information Group, Ltd., all producers, managers, agents, production companies, and participants in the Golden Pitch Festival at The 2009 Screenwriting Expo, their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, representatives, employees, and volunteers, harmless from and defend them against all claims, demands, losses, costs, damages, judgments, liabilities, and expenses (including attorney's fees) arising out of or in connection with any and all claims or third parties, whether or not groundless, based on any screenplays, plots, characters, or ideas submitted during the Golden Pitch Festival at The 2009 Screenwriting Expo or on any screenplay, film, or material developed out of those screenplays, plots, characters, or ideas.

6. I acknowledge that because of the Reviewers’ [those producers, agents. managers, production companies, et al hearing and reviewing pitches] position in the entertainment industry, the Reviewers receive numerous unsolicited submissions of ideas, treatments, stories, suggestions and the like, and that many such submissions received by the Reviewers may be similar to or identical to those developed by the Reviewers or the Reviewers’ employees or otherwise available to the Reviewers. I understand that I will not be entitled to any compensation because of the use by the Reviewers of any such similar or identical material. I further understand that the Reviewers would refuse to accept or otherwise evaluate my material in the absence of my acceptance of each and all of the provisions of this Agreement. I shall retain all rights to submit this or similar Material to persons other than the Reviewers. I acknowledge that no fiduciary or confidential relationship now exists between the Reviewers and myself, and I further acknowledge that no such relationships are established between the Reviewers and myself by reason of this agreement.

7. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold Inside Information Group, Ltd., Creative Screenwriting, The Screenwriting Expo, their officers, contractors, and employees, and the Reviewers harmless, with counsel of the Reviewers’ choice, from and against any and all claims, expenses, losses, or liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and punitive damages) that may be asserted against the Reviewers or incurred by the Reviewers at any time in connection with the Material, or any use thereof, including without limitation those arising from any breach or alleged breach of the warranties and promises given by me herein.

8. I agree that if, as a result of my involvement in the Golden Pitch Festival at The 2009 Screenwriting Expo, I am approached by a Reviewer interested in optioning or purchasing the film or television rights to the Material, I will negotiate with the Reviewer in good faith for the terms, conditions and amount of the payment for such use.

9. If the Material is submitted by more than one person, the word “I” or “Writer” shall be deemed changed to the plural, and this agreement will be binding jointly and severally upon all the persons so submitting the Material.

10. I agree to give the Golden Pitch Festival at the 2009 Screenwriting Expo organizers written notice by registered mail at their street address as set forth in the address portion of this letter, of any claim arising in connection with the material or arising in connection with this agreement, within ten (10) calendar days after you acquire knowledge of such claim, or of the Golden Pitch Festival at The 2009 Screenwriting Expo Organizers’ breach or failure to perform the provisions of this agreement, or if it be sooner, within ten (10) calendar days after you acquire knowledge of facts sufficient to put you on notice of any such claim, or breach or failure to perform; your failure to so give the Golden Pitch Festival at the 2009 Screenwriting Expo Organizers written notice will be deemed an irrevocable waiver of any rights you might otherwise have with respect to such claim, breach or failure to perform. The Golden Pitch Festival at the 2009 Screenwriting Expo Organizers shall have thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of said notice to attempt to cure any alleged breach or failure to perform prior to the time that you may further assert any claim or cause of action.

11. Arbitration. In the event of any dispute concerning the Material or concerning any claim of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising in connection with the Material or arising in connection with this agreement, such dispute will be submitted to arbitration. Each party hereby waives any and all rights and benefits which he or it may otherwise have or be entitled to under the laws of California to litigate any such dispute in court, it being the intention of the parties to arbitrate, according to the provisions hereof, all such disputes. Either party may commence arbitration proceedings by giving the other party written notice thereof by registered mail and proceeding thereafter in accordance with the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration shall be conducted in the County of Los Angeles, State of California and shall be governed by and subject to the laws of the State of California and the then prevailing rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration shall employ a single arbitrator experienced in the motion picture industry. The arbitrators' award shall be final and binding and a judgment upon the award may be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction.

All writers will be required to click on a copy of this form when buying tickets, AND will be required to sign and turn in a printed version of this form when picking up pitch tickets.  DO NOT BUY TICKETS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.  TICKETS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE.   You may sell them or swap them at the Expo.   If you sell or swap your pitch tickets at the Expo, the buyer(s)/acquirer(s) will be required to sign a copy of this form and turn it in or will lose the right to pitch without a refund. 

Clicking on this link constitutes acceptance of the agreement above
 and will redirect you to the Golden Pitch shopping cart to buy pitch tickets: