2025 Judges

Author of Your Screenplay Sucks! 100 Ways to Make It Great, William M. Akers, a WGA Lifetime Member, is judging the Page Turner Screenplay Award hoping to discover talented screenwriters.

William

As a young aspiring writer herself, Holly Davis is judging our Young Writer Award.

Holly is a YA fantasy author whose debut novel, A Diamond Bright and Broken, comes out on April 2, 2024

Ran Walker is judging the Page Turner Awards Book Award for published authors.

Ran (he/him) is an award-winning author and filmmaker, who has written over 30 books. Specializing in very short

Literary Agent, Kirstie Long, is judging the Page Turner Writing Award in the hope of finding new writers to represent!

Associate Agent Kirstie Long worked behind the scenes with Annette at A for

Author Charlotte Valentine is judging the Page Turner Book Award.

After studying Law in London, Charlotte moved into the corporate world where she was a Managing Director in Investment

Tina Sequeira, an award-winning author, founder of the Write Away Workshop and marketer, is judging the international Page Turner Book Award hoping to discover talented authors.

She’s published

Working film producer and former industry executive with decades of experience, Barri Evins is judging the Screenplay Award in the hope of finding new screenwriting talent.

Barri has sold

International bestselling author, Lauren Carr, is judging the Page Turner Book Award hoping to discover talented writers for her book tour business, iRead Book Tours.

Selling over half a million

Publisher, Kelly Lydick, is judging the Page Turner Writing Award, hoping to discover talented new non-fiction writers to publish through Pure Carbon Publishers.

Kelly has a Master's degree in

Accomplished award-winning producer and #1 Amazon author, Lauren Peacock has always gravitated towards storytelling. She has 12+ years’ experience in fim, TV and digital content.

Her expertise in

Pulane (Laney) Chaka is judging Page Turner Awards Book Award for aspiring authors who are looking for their published work to be recognized by industry professionals.

She is a seasoned

Award-winning writer and adventure world traveller, Ruth Millington, is judging the Page Turner Book Award and hoping to find authors who have gripping storylines in their contest submissions.

Rut

Melissa Hope is judging the Page Turner Young Writer Award and is the author of SEA OF KINGS, an award-nominated children's fantasy.

Melissa helps aspiring writers improve their craft and

Blogger and podcaster and reviewer of books, Maya Grimley, is judging the Page Turner Young Writer Award.

She is a blogger and podcaster who reviews all kinds of books and movies. She’s been

Tracy Stewart will be judging the Page Turner Awards Writing Mentorship Award, offering a writing mentorship prize to authors and writers.

Tracy is a book coach, developmental editor

Gale Winskill is judging the Page Turner Writing Award in search of exciting, new voices and original storylines.

She has over 30 years of publishing experience in the UK and abroad, both in-house

The Vice President of Development at the ISA, Felicity Wren, is judging the Page Turner Screenplay Award and looking forward to finding screenwriters who have a story to tell and the ability to

Experienced editor, Jenny Rarden is judging the Page Turner Book Award (for published books) and our Writing Award (for unpublished manuscripts) and is excited to be involved with this unique

Film producer, Ginger Liu, is judging the Page Turner Awards Screenplay Award for screenwriters who want to place their screenplays in front of film producers.

Ginger Liu is an author, visual

Venezuelan Marketing Licentiate and Book Cover Designer, Juan Padrón is judging the Page Turner Book Cover Award hoping to find the best book covers.

With more than 10 years of experience in cover