While this news story will mean nothing to a lot of you, to those living in

Los Angeles and who are trying to break into the movie business… this might be your lucky day. My friend Jeff Goldsmith works at Creative Screenwriting Magazine and he wanted to let all of you know about the upcoming 2007 Screenwriting Expo. So if you’re a screenwriter trying to catch a break… you might want to look into this. And now, here’s Jeff.

I wanted your readers to know about Creative Screenwriting Magazine's upcoming Golden Pitch Tournament happening at our 2007 Screenwriting Expo (www.screenwritingexpo.com) the weekend of October 27th 2007at the Renaissance Montura Hotel near LAX.362.5 days a year most studios, agencies and production companies refuse to take unsolicited pitches - yet we've talked them into it for a full two and a half days at our Golden Pitch Tournament and they're showing up in forceto hear the next great film or television idea.Here's just a few of the many opportunities writers have at the Golden Pitch Tournament.GET REPRESENTED by these agencies and management companies: CAA, William Morris, APA Agency, Paradigm, Benderspink, Management 360, Mosaic Media and more!

PITCH YOUR FILM TO THESE STUDIOS: 20th Century Fox, New Line Cinema, United Artists, Lionsgate, RKO, Fox Atomic, Warner Independent, MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies and more!

PITCH YOUR FILM TO THESE PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Vertigo Pictures (The Departed),Overbrook Entertainment (I Am Legend),Silver Pictures (The Matrix), Bona Fide Productions (Election), Lawrence Bender Productions (Pulp Fiction),Rat Entertainment (Rush Hour),Dickhouse (Jackass: The Movie),Walden Media (The Chronicles of Narnia), Kopelson Productions (Se7en),Parks-MacDonald (The Ring), Jerry Weintraub Entertainment (Oceans 11), Strike Entertainment (Children of Men), Terra Firma Films (American Pie),Type A Films (Legally Blonde), DiBonaventura Entertainment (Transformers), State Street (Barbershop),Kennedy Marshall Productions (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)...and many more!

PITCH YOUR TV SHOW to these companies: 20th Century Fox Television, Fremantle Media (American Idol),Cannel Studios, Forman Productions (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) Adelstein Productions (Prison Break) and more!

For more information, visit www.screenwritingexpo.comI look forward to seeing Collider readers at the big event and wish them the best of luck at our Golden Pitch Tournament!Cheers,Jeff GoldsmithSenior EditorCreative Screenwriting Magazine