Page Turner Awards is delighted to announce our 2024 Phoenix Award Shortlist!
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Anne Lacourrege for "The Greatest Treasure"
Anne Lacourrege was raised in New Orleans. There has always been the desire to do creative writing and this was Anne’s first attempt. My father was the inspiration for this story. He was such a happy, go-lucky guy that loved life. Unfortunately, he ended up with Alzheimer’s. With those sad days of
Rose Geer-Robbins for "The Myth and The Monster"
Author of the Raven Society, R.L. Geer-Robbins, is a reader, veteran, blogger, and self-proclaimed coffee connoisseur. Over the course of her 20+ years serving in the U.S. Army, she had the privilege of visiting distant locations that were once only a speck on a map. It was during these journeys
Wheston Grove for "Who Has Known Heights"
Wheston Chancellor Grove holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, VT. He also earned an MSW. He is the author of Who Has Known Heights, a bildungsroman (2017), and The Lost Art of Love (2023), available on Amazon. The Lost Art of Love is a 2024 Indie Book Awards Finalist. His short
Sydnie Beaupré for "Such Exquisite Calamity"
Sydnie Beaupré is more than just a girl: they're an openly LGBTQ2IA author that lives in their own imagination: a post-apocalyptic, zombie-inhabited world, where magical creatures and supernatural occurrences are simply the mundane. Outside of that, Sydnie can often be found in Montreal, Quebec
Autistic Lawyer for "Smelling the Taste of Sound (A professional woman’s story of a late autism diagnosis)"
“At age thirty, I decided to pursue a career in law. I left my job in the corporate world to retrain as a solicitor. Three years later, I was diagnosed with several conditions, including autism, ADHD, dyslexia and dyscalculia. I was thirty-three, and it was a Wednesday. Shortly after being diagnosed
John Broughton for "Rhodri's Furies"
John Broughton was born in Cleethorpes Lincolnshire UK in 1948: just one of many post-war babies. After attending grammar school and studying to the sound of Bob Dylan, he went to Nottingham University and studied Medieval and Modern History (Archaeology subsidiary). The subsidiary course led to one
Pamela Gawler-Wright for "Lug Nuts"
Longlisted for Stockholm Writers Festival Prize 2024. Longlisted for Fiction Factory Prize 2024 Currently participating on the Curtis Brown Creative Edit and Pitch Your Novel Advanced Course. Accredited Psychotherapist working in London's East End.
K. E. Adamus for "To Outwit the Fate"
Award-winning screenwriter and writer. Born in Poland, at the moment she lives in the United Kingdom. One of her ex-job was working in security. Paid to watch people and having a background in social science, she made a lot of good and bad analyses of human behaviour. Some of them are portrayed in
John Miles for "Passion Struck: Twelve Powerful Principles to Unlock Your Purpose and Ignite Your Most Intentional Life"
John R. Miles is the visionary force behind the globally renowned Passion Struck® podcast and national radio show, which consistently ranks as the #1 alternative health podcast in over 20 countries and is a top-five podcast in the United States. A former U.S. Navy officer and Fortune 50 senior
Karin Maatman for "Between Scylla and Charybdis"
Karin is an autistic mathematician, and writer of (cosy) science fiction, fantasy and thrillers. After twelve moves within the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France and the UK, she settled in the Garden of England (a.k.a. Kent). As a writer/reader, she is passionate about diversity – any kind – but, more
Katrina Jaxson Jaxson for "C.R.E.A.M."
A thriving film student at UCLA and Content Clearance Analyst for HBO, Katrina is not just learning; she's redefining storytelling, drawing from a life rich with trials, triumphs, adventure, and growth. From being a teen mom and homeless, to snorkeling with manta rays in the Indian Ocean and running
