The festival offers workshops, seminars, lectures, screenplay competitions and the opportunity to pitch projects to a number of agencies, Film and Television Producers and Studios from both the United Kingdom and Hollywood.
The event is held over the last weekend of October every year, attracting around 150 speakers and 600 delegates.
Since its launch in 2010 it has been held at Regent's University London.
Pitching has always played a big part of the Screenwriters’ Festival, and in 2012, the founders of The Great American Pitchfest (Bob Schultz and Sign Olynyk) worked with the London Screenwriters' Festival to create the Great British Pitchfest.
The Speakers of 2010 included over 80 speakers from a wide array of professions including David Hare, Joe Eszterhas and Nick Hornby,[citation needed] along with other producers, writers, agent, executives, educators and directors.