2022 Screenplay Award Longlist

Page Turner Awards is delighted to announce our 2022 Screenplay Award Longlist! Please join us in congratulating these rising stars by leaving them a comment at the bottom of their finalist submission (click 'see more'). The finalists' listed below are shown in random order.

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Luke Hart-Moynihan for "Liebe Lise"
Genre: Action Adventure

Luke was born in Rome, Italy, grew up in Annapolis, Maryland and attended William & Mary, where he mainly studied Ultimate Frisbee. He continues to do so in Los Angeles. Luke is fascinated by myths and modern physics. He spends his free time poring over books of legends and sifting through stories

Aaron Garcia for "Salva"
Genre: Action Adventure

A South American writer and author from the suburbs of Washington D.C.. His writing credits include the TNT show Leverage and various festival films, including a collaboration with an Academy Award Winner. A graduate of Second City and former stand up comedian, he has also authored multiple books

Cumberlain Rattlesnake for "GAT FINGER (TV)"
Genre: Action Adventure

C.J. Walworth is aka Cumberlain Rattlesnake [the name of his production company.] His spec screenplay works include: - GAT FINGER, which is a superhero western-revisionist neo-noir, where a young man, son of a rancher, is grievously mutilated by a band of bandits in the 1880’s Nevada. He is saved by

Kent Perlmutter for "Yellow Cabin"
Genre: Young Adult

Kent Perlmutter, born in Boston, MA, recently graduated cum laude from Yale University as a film & media studies major. Kent is looking forward to a career in writing and has written several scripts and short stories. In his free time, Kent loves playing Ultimate Frisbee and has been playing for

Robert Rhyne for "Reboot"
Genre: Action Adventure

Hailing from the woods of North Carolina by way of the byzantine streets of New Orleans, Robert is a multi-award winning screenwriter specializing in mystery and suspense. His work has been optioned twice and has reached the finals of the Austin Film Festival, Slamdance, Bluecat and Page

Dru Bhattacharya for "The Grey Eminence"
Genre: Action Adventure

Dru Bhattacharya is an author, poet, screenwriter, and aspiring novelist. His pilot feature, The Grey Eminence, has received numerous accolades, including placement in the L.A. International Screenplay Awards; The Film Empire Diversity Mentorship; Table Read My Screenplay Genre Screenplay

Olga Holtz for "Dark Matter"
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

Stowe Story Labs alumna. Writer/director of an award-winning short THE ZAHIR. Trilingual multi-ethnic multinational. Mathematician whose journey led from humble beginnings in the Urals to professorships in Berkeley and Berlin. Olga's writing explores follies of genius, elusiveness of belonging, and

Olga Holtz for "The Untamed"
Genre: Historical Fiction

Stowe Story Labs alumna. Writer/director of an award-winning short THE ZAHIR. Trilingual multi-ethnic multinational. Mathematician whose journey led from humble beginnings in the Urals to professorships in Berkeley and Berlin. Olga's writing explores follies of genius, elusiveness of belonging, and

Jonny King for "Oligarchs"
Genre: Comedy & Humour

I'm a musician by day, writer by night, originally from High Wycombe - which genuinely has a chair museum - but now living a seagull poop-spattered existence in Plymouth, Devon. I began pursuing screen/comedy writing in 2015, starting off writing jokes and sketches for radio, before moving on to

Adir Golan for "The Distillery - Raising the Bar"
Genre: Drama

Adir is from South Africa. After moving to the United States he graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a degree in English and Creative Writing. Now he if focusing on his MFA in Screenwriting. He spends his free time writing, reading and all the rest.

Joe Campbell Jr. for "Different Wings"
Genre: Drama

Joe Campbell Jr. is a father of three adult daughters and lives with his wife on Long Island in New York. With the high demand for IP from Hollywood, Joe took on a new challenge and created a TV pilot, adapted from his unpublished trilogy. Different Wings is ​​​​​​an emotional romance and family

Clare Collins for "Queen Of Red"
Genre: Fantasy

I live in a beautiful Devon valley, a stone's throw from the real life locations that inspire my writing. My debut novel, Tales of Starcross, has longlisted for the Blue Pencil Agency Pitch Prize; longlisted for the Cheshire Novel Prize out of approximately 1,640 entries; and shortlisted for the

Jacob Sarkisian for "The Rainbow Crossing Academy"
Genre: LGBT

I grew up watching queer films that were nothing short of tragedy porn. As an audience member, I want to have a good time watching LGBTQIA+ movies. Therefore, as a writer, my mission is to contribute more comedy and more genre pieces in the far-too-often way-too-serious world of queer cinema. With

for "State of Vigilance"
Genre: Drama

Tom Holowach is the retired Manager of Paliku Theatre at UH Windward Community College. He has a BS in Speech and Theater, and won three HSTC Po'okela Awards for Leading Male in a Drama and Musicals. He had lead roles in "Under the Blood Red Sun," "Deadly Honeymoon," and "Hawaii Five-0." In Los

Stefan Alexander for "Internal Security"
Genre: Action Adventure

Stefan is a German national with an academic background in history and political science. He is a long time film critic at the Berlin Film Festival and an advertising professional with 20 years of experience in writing tv commercials. Stefan hates the actual process of writing but believes in the

David Geasor for "Welcome to Transylvania"
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

I am originally from Brooklyn, New York. I have lived in England for nearly two decades and have dual US/UK citizenship. I have a B.A. in Russian from Columbia University and was an Intelligence Officer in the US Navy. I also have a Master’s degree in Opera and worked as a singer, director and stage