Mission Statement:

The mission of the Hollywood Gateway Screenwriting Contest is to guide aspiring writers to their success through opportunity, mentoring and unparalleled access to Hollywood decision makers.

This is accomplished through:

• Studio-level development executives evaluating all submitted material
  
• Providing detailed development notes and industry exposure for top-level contest runners-up
  
• Providing contest winner with professional coaching and guidance on pitching, rewriting and deal-making technique
  
• Accompanying contest winner to meetings with top talent agents and production companies

The Writers Store® Bio:

The Writers Store® is the world's foremost resource for software, seminars and workshops, books and reference materials dedicated to writers and filmmakers. Specializing in story development, script formatting, production and multimedia software as well as books, classes and tapes covering all aspects of writing and selling scripts, and pre-production, the West Los Angeles-based company has an award-winning website, writersstore.com, a free bi-weekly eZine featuring articles by film industry experts, an international reputation for its user-friendly services and programs, and a long list of devoted clientele ranging from novice and weekend writers to such top screenwriters as Martin Brest, Wes Craven, William Broyles, Nora Ephron, Daniel Petrie, Nicholas Pileggi and Steve Zaillian and many more.

Brent Armitage: Writer - Producer - Director - Entrepreneur

Brent Armitage combines more than 20 years experience as a writer, producer and director. Of his most notable credits is the acclaimed black comedy gem, Grosse Pointe Blank, on which he was a producer. He has written and/or produced projects for Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, Sandollar, Columbia TriStar Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Granada Films among others. Armitage’s passion for writing inspired his recent adaptation of Ranulph Fiennes’ best-selling novel The Feather Men.

After starting his career as an actor, Armitage moved behind the camera on such projects as Swing Shift and Miami Blues then launched his writing career with his adaptation of the Gregory MacDonald novel Scutter. Other screenplay credits include Mr. Personality and Sideswipe. He is currently developing several projects through his New Shoes Productions and is planning to direct his first feature this summer.