2023 Award Winners

Page Turner Awards is delighted to announce our 2023 Award Winners!

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Book Award

2023 Book Award Winners:

  • D.Liebhart won The Page Turner Fiction Book Award for her submission, House On Fire.
  • Walt Larimore won The Page Turner Non- Fiction Book Award for his submission, At First Light.

See Debra and Walt on YouTube winning their awards.

Sub-Category winners:

  • Walt Larimore won the Golden Author for his submission, At First Light.
  • Christer Lende won the Best Book Series for his The Beast Hunters series.
  • Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop won an audiobook production for her memoir, Daughter of Spies: Wartime Secrets, Family Lies.
  • Mark T. Rasmussen won an audiobook production for his novel, The Journey: No Matter How Far You Run, Your Demons Always Follow.
  • Kate and Toby Oliver won Best Co-Authored Book ~ for their submission, Rise and Shine - How to transform your life, morning by morning.
  • D.Liebhart won Best Debut Novel for her submission, House On Fire.
  • Andy Hussey won Best Illustrated Book for his submission, There's No Deer Around Here.
  • Lauren Braden won Prolific Author Award for getting several high-scoring titles into our Book Award finalist, longlist or shortlist! See Lauren's win on YouTube.
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Screenplay Award

2023 Screenplay Award Winners:

  • Tim Auld won The Page Turner Screenplay Feature Film Award for his submission, Minotaur
  • Olga Holtz won The Page Turner Screenplay TV Series Award for her submission, Dark Matter
  • Alysha Haran won The Page Turner Screenplay Short Film Award for her submission, The Ride

Sub-Category winners:

  • Marcia Maidana won The Page Turner Screenplay Book Adaptation Needed Award for her submission, The Ghosts of Lewis Manor
  • DW Plato won The Page Turner Screenplay Book Adaptation Needed Award for her submission,The Dragon from Guangzhou
  • Clark Ransom won The Page Turner Screenplay Golden Screenwriter Award for his submission, Messenger Dogs
  • Olga Holtz won The Page Turner Screenplay Prolific Screenwriter Award for getting 3 high-scoring titles into the Screenplay Award Longlist!

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Writing Award

2023 Writing Award Winners:

  • Timothy Jay Smith won The Page Turner Fiction Writing Award for his submission, Istanbul Crossing
  • Alida Winterheimer won The Page Turner Fiction Writing Award for her submission, Saving Annabelle
  • Diane Corso won The Page Turner Fiction Writing Award for her submission, Broken Things

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Sub-Category Winners:

Writing Mentorship Award

2023 Writing Mentorship Award Winners:

  • Marie-Louise Holmberg and her submission, The Man Who Loved Too Much, won a writing mentorship with Lis McDermot.
  • Hannah Croft and her submission, The Bobici House, won a writing mentorship with Nikki Vallance. See Hannah's win on YouTube.
  • Ann Willow and her submission, Seeking New Identities, won a writing mentorship with Tracy Stewart. See Ann's win on YouTube.
  • Gillian Kobiela Lyon and her submission, Monkford and the Humph, won a writing mentorship with Ann Brady.
  • Nabila Tayub and her submission, and her submission, Without Noor won a writing mentorship with Rebecca Megson-Smith. See Nabila's win on YouTube.

See our Writing Mentorship Award winners on YouTube.

Young Writer Award

2023 Young Writer Award Winner:

  • Amadea Cadence Tanner won the Young Writer Award for her submission, Retrospective

See our Young Writer Award winner on YouTube.

Gillian Kobiela Lyon for "Monkford and the Humph"

Hello, I am excited to be entering the Page Turner Awards for the third year in a row. Originally from the West of Scotland, I am now settled in Edinburgh with my husband and two cats. As a self employed artist I work mainly from home. This gives me the opportunity to spend some time exploring the

Grace Blair for "Einstein's Compass a YA Time Traveler Adventure"

Grace Blair is an award-winning author who describes herself as “a prime example of someone who pulled herself up by her bootstraps and took notes along the way.” When she turned to writing, she authors books where her characters are tested battling the darkness vs the light. Throughout her adult

Ronit Plank for "Home is a Made-Up Place"

Ronit Plank is a writer, teacher, speaker, and host and producer of the award-winning podcast And Then Everything Changed. A native New Yorker and former actress, she studied with Uta Hagen, Alfred Molina, Ensemble Studio Theatre and performed on stage in NYC and Los Angeles. As member of The Actors

Wendy Zuccarello for "Loudening Silence"

I have my MFA from Southern New Hampshire University. I have self-published eighteen books under my name and the pen name Michelle Rider. I write contemporary romance and romantic suspense. I married my high school sweetheart and we have two amazing teenagers. I spent the first half of my career

Kate Ker for "Slender As The Willow"

At last, I am all but retired and can write full-time in order to complete two novels inspired by my work as a psychotherapist, and more urgently, to keep my promise to my 12 year old self; that I would one day tell my grandmother's story of her life in China. This book, 'Slender as the Willow', is

Claire Mitchell for "Felled"

I'm a freelance copywriter living a (mostly) quiet life in South Devon, after spending a decade in the city. I enjoy live music, travel, psychology and spending time outside, and am currently working on my second novel.

Alex Rogowsky for "On Three"

Alex is a library manager from Brandon, Manitoba.

DW Plato for "The Dragon from Guangzhou"

Livin' the dream. D.W. Plato has degrees in Business Management and Psychology. This education gives her the multiple skills she needs to be a full-time landlord. “One of these days I’ll be a full-time AUTHOR and a part-time landlord,” she jokes. #lifegoals With four books already published, she's

Fiona Taylor for "tRuth"

Although I am British I was raised in Zimbabwe and I have also lived in Italy, Spain, Malawi, Tanzania and South Africa, each of which has enriched the texture of my life and allowed my childhood dream of writing a novel to brew over time. A detour that involved a career in sales and marketing

Andrew Hussey for "There's No Deer Around Here"

Andy is the founder of Muddy Little Boots Publishing and is author of two children's paperback books currently. A graphic designer by trade, he decided to create Muddy Little Boots publishing during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown (2020) as a means of creating something positive from this distressing

Andrew Hussey for "Any Trout About?"

Andy is the founder of Muddy Little Boots Publishing and is author of two children's paperback books currently. A graphic designer by trade, he decided to create Muddy Little Boots publishing during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown (2020) as a means of creating something positive from this distressing

Sara Arnold for "The Big Buna Bash"

I am a semi-retired elementary school teacher, originally from the U.S. but immigrated to Israel in 1981. I am the author of "The Big Buna Bash" a multicultural children's book about an Ethiopian girl and how the Ethiopian traditional coffee ceremony "brings people together". My book was published

Christer Lende for "The Beast Hunters"

Christer Lende is an Award Winning author who began writing in a library, which sounds fitting, only he was supposed to be there working on his engineering degree. He is a professional screenwriter, working with the Norwegian movie producer behind “One Love”, “Who Killed Birgitte” and “All about my

for "The Other Half of Me"

I was born in Wisconsin, raised in Southern California, then moved back to Wisconsin, where I’ve lived for the last 35 years. Having four seasons instead of two has been one of the many benefits of living in Northwestern Wisconsin. So is living in the country, because I get to enjoy its beauty and

Rosemary ESEHAGU for "Out of the Cocoon: The Journey to Becoming"

I am a native Nigerian with many different passions. I believe that one of the keys to happiness is finding a way to blend one’s passions and make them work together, rather than sacrificing one passion for another. I contribute to Paradoxical Chameleon, a blog about embracing one’s whole self. I am

Marie-louise Ek for "The Man Who Loved Too Much"

I'm a Swedish born writer living in Brighton.

Olga Holtz for "Dark Matter"

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

Christer Lende for "The Beast Hunters Blood Oath"

Christer Lende is an Award Winning author who began writing in a library, which sounds fitting, only he was supposed to be there working on his engineering degree. He is a professional screenwriter, working with the Norwegian movie producer behind “One Love”, “Who Killed Birgitte” and “All about my