Page Turner Awards is delighted to announce our 2023 Writing Award Longlist, shown in random order!
Please join us in congratulating these rising stars by leaving them a comment at the bottom of their submission. Click 'see more' to read their submission. And you can also congratulate the finalists in our forum.
Wherever you see duplicate faces, it's not a mistake, those writers are to be applauded for having more than one submission reach the finals!
Find entrants by adding a first name or surname into the search box below, don't search with both first name and surname.
Erin Swann for "Awakener"
Erin L. Swann is an avid home cook who has taught visual art for eighteen years in Central Maryland. She recently became an online writing instructor for Authors Publish and has given several free online lectures through them as well. Her work appears in numerous anthologies and publications
John Davis for "Reluctant to Lead: Overcoming Fear of Failure"
Steve conveys perspectives and emotions in poems and songs. His draft memoir, Galvanized, tells how he overcame timidity as an air cavalry officer in the Vietnam War. A tuxedo cat from a shelter encourages him from a perch over his PC keyboard. Steve assists disabled veterans in getting government
Kevin Neill for "A Cypress Tree Has No Shadow"
I recently completed a 20-year career in public health. Prior to that, my life varied from a period spent in the military as a United Nations Peacekeeper in the Middle East to employment as a refugee relief worker in a camp for Bosnian Muslims in Croatia. To date, excerpts from my novel, A Cypress
Len Cobb for "Cemi Precious"
Len Cobb is an emerging author and recovering structural engineer. He has completed two novels and is polishing two more. He's had a short story published and his work was longlisted in the 2023 Page Turner Awards. Len lives in Puerto Rico with his wife, two dogs, three guitars, and four
Meg Gaertner for "WIND RIDER"
Meg Gaertner is the managing editor of middle grade and young adult fiction for Jolly Fish Press and Flux, the author of several children’s nonfiction and fiction books, a 2019 Pitch Wars mentee, and a graduate of the MFA in Creative Writing program at Antioch University L.A.
Kristen Crusoe for "The Bluff"
I am Kristen Crusoe, a Registered Nurse, working primarily in psychiatric/forensic and palliative care specialties. I have also taught nursing students at the master and doctoral levels. Before I became an RN, I was a dancer, ballet and modern. I know these worlds well, and love bringing them to
