Book Award 2022

Browse through these submissions for the Page Turner Book Award 2022. This is an international writing contest for published authors to showcase their books.

A young man holding a glowing ball of light, surrounded by breaking crystal.
"The Seeds of Dissolution" by William Tracy
Genre: Sci-Fi

Sam van Oen barely escaped a void of energy. Now he must cope with anxiety while exploring an interstellar society of planets, connected by music-based magic. Not all is as it seems, with the ten alien cultures, ancient stories, or the nature of the Symphony, for the Dissolution is coming.

"A Ghost and His Gold" by Robbie Cheadle Cheadle
Genre: Paranormal & Supernatural

After Tom and Michelle Cleveland move into their recently built, modern townhouse, their housewarming party is disrupted when a drunken game with an Ouija board goes wrong and summons a sinister poltergeist, Estelle, who died in 1904.
Estelle makes her presence known in a series of terrifying

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"Certified" by Roger Wilson-Crane
Genre: Drama

One Unexpected Birth...One Hapless Wedding...One Bizarre Death...
Three stories following one man’s journey through the major milestones of birth, marriage and death. A drama full of heartbreak, shocking discoveries, profound loss and comedy. A Four Weddings and a Funeral for the book world.

The top half of the cover shows two outlaw MC bikers sitting on their Harleys. Second half of the cover shows a group of superbikes racing. The title Road Rage is in between the two pictures.
"Road Rage" by Karina Kantas Kantas
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

Dark MC romance 18+
Gem escaped her dark past only to be seduced into becoming a member of Rage MC, a sponsored superbike racing team. But she learns too late that Rage is no different from the outlaw MC she had escaped from. Expect murder, mischief and mayhem.

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"Jesus Speaking" by MikeLutz Lutz
Genre: Christian

Jesus Speaking is a must have daily devotional that goes beyond feel-good cliché-isms and delivers what you really need for encouragement and transformation, which is more Jesus. This devotional will help you trust in God's goodness, rely on His grace, and live for His glory every day as you spend

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"Certified" by Roger Wilson-Crane
Genre: Memoir

One Unexpected Birth...One Hapless Wedding...One Bizarre Death...
Inspired by real life events, this semi fictional memoir follows one man’s journey through a birth, marriage and death. A life of farcical situations, shocking discoveries and profound loss. A book to stir the memories in us all.

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"Certified" by Roger Wilson-Crane
Genre: Comedy & Humour

One Unexpected Birth...One Hapless Wedding...One Bizarre Death... Follow one man’s journey through a birth, marriage and death. A story of farcical situations, shocking discoveries and profound loss through life's major milestones. A Four Weddings and a Funeral for the book world.

Black cover with clashing blue and orange flames in the shape of an Ouroboros with the Web of Wyrd in the background.
"Wyrd Gods" by Susana Imaginário
Genre: Fantasy

Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul, needs to find her way out of the Norse Underworld before the end of Eternity.

Woman in left corner, battered and bruised. Man on the right holding a gun. Two chains crossing over from the middle of the book to the bottom.
"Broken Chains" by Karina Kantas Kantas
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

Dark Mafia Romance 18+
How does an MI5 agent become a mafia princess?
An ill-fated destiny causes Liz Finley to become the most wanted woman in the world. And NOT in a good way.

The African village and its inhabitants can be seen ahead at the end of the narrow track.
"Whistling for Hippos" by Scott Corey Corey
Genre: Memoir

Africa has a way of luring you in, Scott Corey writes in the opening lines of Whistling for Hippos. It begins with a flash of dark eyes in the firelight and ends with life-long fascination. This charming and humorous account of life in West Africa will appeal to all who enjoy adventure and travel.

A sepia toned image of an old Spanish Galleon with sails raised, transposed over the compass of a weathered treasure map
"The Coward of Grimsby" by Eric Daniel Ryan Ryan
Genre: Historical Fiction

In the final years of the Victorian era, a French fisherman and an English aristocrat team up on a harrowing adventure that brings forth an epic battle of greed, survival, and redemption.

"Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops" by Allison Hong Merrill
Genre: Memoir

A Taiwanese immigrant bride––disowned by her father, abandoned by her American husband in Texas, and inarticulate in English––victoriously creates her own destiny.

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"Stories From The Bubble: (A series of short fiction) " by nim272 Savanghan
Genre: Young Adult

Stories from the bubble follow the journey of human connection during a prolonged global epidemic. Each story explores a protagonist's subjective state of mind through gender, love, and sex.

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"The Mist In The Woods" by nim272 Savanghan
Genre: Childrens Middle Grade Books

Zoeya is on a final vacation before school begins. An adventurous trek in the hills of Badulla sounds just about right! But as Zo and her friends trek deeper into the woods, a strange mist appears. Through the mist, an unimaginable terror awaits.

The book has a black cover with the title in white letters bordered with gray. There is a bloodstained badge with a gun and two bullets next to it.
"Black, White, and Gray All Over; a Black Man's Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement " by Frederick Douglass Reynolds Reynolds
Genre: Memoir

Although a "cop" book, it reads more like a book about a Black man who just happens to be a cop. Confronted with racism, and a upbringing that led to juvenile delinquency, the author was able to overcome these obstacles and reconcile with what it means to be a Black cop in today's America.

The title, "The Trouble With My Aunt"  is embraced by  two, thorny vines, which upon closer inspection are actually DNA strands. Butterflies perch on the strands.  The vines emerge from a broken heart. The medium is chalk pastel on black textured art paper. Designed and executed by the author, Hedi Lampert.
"The Trouble With My Aunt" by Hedi Lampert
Genre: Women's Fiction

“Nobody really knew what the trouble was with Aunty Vi – all I knew, was that it was Gran’s fault.” Or was it? Accidentally pregnant, 32-year-old, single, Leah fears her child may be like Aunty Vi. A search for truth about Vi reveals a genetic mutation secretly affecting thousands of parents

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"Of Us and Them" by T. L. Coughlin
Genre: Fantasy

Born to be a vessel for an alien species whose existence is hidden in global dragon lore, Evren safeguards their final return. But when a fellow Paladin is found murdered, she must now find the truth—and the killer—in a society founded on deceit.

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"Of Us and Them" by T. L. Coughlin
Genre: Young Adult

Born to be a vessel for an alien species whose existence is hidden in global dragon lore, Evren safeguards their final return. But when a fellow Paladin is found murdered, she must now find the truth—and the killer—in a society founded on deceit.

Of Us and Them - Paperback Cover
"Of Us and Them" by T. L. Coughlin
Genre: Sci-Fi

Born to be a vessel for an alien species whose existence is hidden in global dragon lore, Evren safeguards their final return. But when a fellow Paladin is found murdered, she must now find the truth—and the killer—in a society founded on deceit.

Of Us and Them - Paperback Cover
"Of Us and Them" by T. L. Coughlin
Genre: Young Adult

Born to be a vessel for an alien species whose existence is hidden in global dragon lore, Evren safeguards their final return. But when a fellow Paladin is found murdered, she must now find the truth—and the killer—in a society founded on deceit.