Page Turner Awards is delighted to announce our 2024 Screenplay Award Winners!
Please join us in congratulating these rising stars by leaving them a comment at the bottom of their finalist submission. Click 'see more' to read their submission.
2024 Screenplay Award Winners:
- Shiva Ramanathan won The Page Turner Screenplay Feature Film Award for his submission, Riddle
- Danielle Tjoelker won The Page Turner Screenplay TV Series Award for her submission, Sexually Speaking
- Sayan Kent also won The Page Turner Screenplay TV Series Award for her submission, Thursday's Child
- Brad Cooper won The Page Turner Screenplay Short Film Award for his submission, Killswitch Engineer
Sub-Categories winners:
- Dwight Jolivette won The Page Turner Screenplay Prolific Screenwriter Award for getting 2 high-scoring titles into the Screenplay Award Shortlist
- Toby Smith won the Young Screenwriter Award for his submission, You Are My Oxygen (See all our Young Winners)
- Martin Bernard won the Golden Screenwriter Award for his submission, Death at a Distance (See all our Golden Winners)
- Robbi Bryant won the Book Adaptation Needed category and has won a book adaptation of her book, The Darkness, paid for by Page Turner Awards.
- Emily Lloyd-Gale also won the Book Adaptation Needed category and has won a book adaptation of her book, The Moose That Saved Christmas, paid for by Page Turner Awards.
- Best Logline Winners: Two pitch decks were chosen and only when we went to find the screenwriters, we discovered they were both created by the same writer. The winners are Mrs Tchaikovsky and No Hope No Fear by David Geasor.
- Logline winner: The Art of Lies by John Cooney: When a burned-out FBI undercover agent infiltrates an art theft operation, he encounters a charismatic war hero who is on the verge of finding - and stealing - the world's most famous missing paintings. This logline has a strong protagonist, clear conflict, interesting setting, high stakes with famous paintings. The "charismatic war hero" adds an intriguing antagonist layer.
- Screenplay Award Genre Winners.
Shiva Ramanathan for "Riddle"
Shiva Ramanathan has been an unemployed dreamer and a software architect. But, what gives him real joy is storytelling. It's because every story he pursues reveals something wonderful about life that he's seen but never noticed. Shiva's projects have been an IFP Emerging Narrative winner and
Dwight Jolivette for "The Gringo on the Mountain"
Dwight A. Jolivette is an aspiring screenwriter who lives in Mesa, Arizona. He’s a retired Financial Advisor, which means he didn’t have much money to invest in the stock market but was able to convince others to invest theirs. Dwight has been writing in some form or another for as long as he can
Emily Lloyd-Gale for "The Moose That Saved Christmas "
Emily Lloyd-Gale was born in Australia and raised in the UK. Having moved around RAF bases as a child, her family finally settled in Oxfordshire, where she still lives today with her husband. Inspired by her experiences of bullying at school, her main character Maurice has become a symbol of
Robbi Bryant for "The Darkness"
Hi! I wrote THE DARKNESS after a confrontation with the serial rapist who raped me. I showed up at the county jail where he was being held after my case ended in a mistrial. After continued frustrations of waiting for the legal system to bring justice, I went to the jail, where he was held (parole
Martin Foley for "Death At A Distance"
Born in Greenock, Scotland, I went to Glasgow University to study Chemistry and Physics; graduated with a B.Sc. and went on to teaching both subjects in Glasgow. Immigrated to Brazil to teach chemistry and did the same in Peru. I’m married and have two daughters, one in Paris and the younger here in
David Geasor for "MRS TCHAIKOVSKY"
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
David Geasor for "NO HOPE, NO FEAR"
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
Toby Smith for "You Are My Oxygen"
Toby is a screenwriter with big ideas and an even bigger love of cinema. Films have always affected him on a visceral level; as a toddler, he had to leave the cinema because the sound was so intense... He pursued screenwriting at university, developing a passion for the auteurs of the cinema: Jean
Danielle Tjoelker for "Sexually Speaking"
I love creating original genre-bending stories featuring female leaders - particularly adventure thrillers. My goal is to continue to write thought-provoking adventure stories for film and television. Ideally, I'd land at a female-driven genre dramedy like Agatha All Along.
Sayan Kent for "Thursday's Child"
Sayan Kent is an accomplished playwright, librettist, composer, and emerging screenwriter with a passion for storytelling that explores identity, belonging, and cultural intersections. Transitioning from acting to writing, she earned an MPhil in Playwriting from the University of Birmingham and has
Brad Cooper for "Killswitch Engineer"
Brad Cooper is a distinguished screenwriter recognized as a Coverfly Red List Top 1%, with the #1 screenplay of all time in his genre/format. His acclaimed screenplay, "Killswitch Engineer," is ranked on The Red List in the Top 20 Shorts of all time, across all genres. Brad is known for crafting
John Cooney for "The Art of Lies"
My writing is influenced by my law enforcement career and a love of spy novels, sci-fi stories and noir fiction. I have written two novels, dozens of short stories, and a variety of scripts, including features, tv pilots, and shorts.
