Screenplay Award 2022

The Page Turner Award's Screenplay Award is for screenwriters who want to place their writing in front of film producers, and for authors who would like to see their books adapted to film.

"HURRICANE" by Chris Willis
In 1938, an unexpected hurricane strikes New England without mercy, forcing those in her path to face their fears if they want to survive. Based on actual events.
"When The Heart Wants" by Alexis Sky
Genre: Drama

When a young German, Edmund Meyer, becomes a prisoner of war in Arizona during WWII, he meets an aspiring black nurse, Carole Robinson, from the outskirts of Boston, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends racial tensions, geography, and the American Dream.

"Chasing shadow" by Joseph Quiles
Genre: Thriller

A father's journey through a hellish cannibalistic afterlife to revenge on his family's death.

"The Legend of Moses Pace" by Alexander LeGrand
The life story of the Wild West's nastiest and most murderous bastard gunslinger is told by those lucky enough to have survived his rampage.
"Sands of Lanikai" by Greg Blair
Genre: Drama

In the days leading up to Pearl Harbor, a young man new to Hawaii falls in love with a local girl and pursues the mystery of his grandfather's life and death.

"The Dark Easy" by Michael Crame
Genre: Fantasy

Martin and The Hat, collect overdue fines and books for a New Orleans occult library. In Chicago to collect from a guy who's skipped town, they’re caught in a power struggle with a wanna-be gangster, a sociopath occultist who’s Martin’s old boss, and a vengeful daughter of an ancient French family

"Marcel" by David Soll
An emotionally stunted tech bro is recruited to help launch a new product based on his late brother's work: a wearable helmet that livestreams the subconscious. It's a chance to get his career going again and win back his ex girlfriend, but he'll have to deal with more insight than he ever imagined.
"Naked to the Night" by Henry Myers
Genre: Drama

After serving fifteen years in prison for a murder he did not commit, a one-time infamous after-hours club operator fights to find a way to reclaim his life, and avoid returning to the nightlife he left behind.

"Adler" by Sean Slater
When Broadway star Stella Adler is finally fed up with the bullying tactics of director Lee Strasberg, she journeys to Europe to learn from famed acting teacher Stanislavsky and carve her own path.
"Knead" by Otito Greg-Obi
Genre: Other

A young pastry chef experiences love and loss while navigating her newly complicated relationship with food.

"Mary Reid" by Frank Gaimari
Genre: Horror

After separating from his wife, a best-selling author moves to a small town and buys a secluded mansion inhabited by a female spirit who haunts his dreams and waking hours.

"Liars" by Charlene Clarke-Todoruk
When the world’s population begins to see lies as a physical manifestation, a puff of red smoke, relationships, families, the world of social media, practically any social interaction, turns into a visible falsehood; it started slowly with a single word.
"Ceyenne: Woman of Medicine (pilot - supernatural thriller)" by Sophia Lee
A half-Cherokee medical doctor exercises her newly discovered healing gift of soul-mergence on a serial killer inmate whom her step-brother is using as a guinea pig for an experimental pharmaceutical.
"The Engine" by Bruna Pias
A friendless 13 year old nerd investigates his estranged grandmother's race car driving past and superhuman abilities during the English summer of 1996.
"TV Town Pilot Part 1 & Part 2: The Gang Gets Welcome kits. Or A TV Town Royale with Cheese" by David Leskin
Genre: Animated

In what sounds like the setup to a bad joke, a warrior-monk, 2 podcasters, and an amnesiac are transported to TV Town, a land where pop culture is real, in a quest to save the universe, defeat a monster, and get home.

"The Last American Gay Bar" by Kristian Day
Genre: Historical

A three-part miniseries telling the story of the rise and fall of gay bars in America through the eyes of three red state institutions.

"The Incumbents" by SKT SKT
Genre: Drama

The individual trails and tribulations of an interracial political family in West London over the course of two weeks.

"Avenging Ava" by William Lindstrom
Genre: Drama

When his fourteen-year-old daughter is brutally attacked by a serial pedophile who has long escaped capture, he becomes a fugitive himself in pursuit of the assailant to exact a certain fathers justice before turning him over to authorities

"Myriad Backyard Graves" by Jamie Eubanks
A young woman vanishes during a camping trip. A light aircraft disappears off radar. Others go missing without a trace. The one commonality is the location—an area of the Vermont wilderness where a mysterious experiment is underway.
"LOVELY BIG BUFFALO_(Bufala Grande Bella)" by Tiffani Davis
Genre: Drama

Two strangers - a Black American and an Italian Jew, stuck in an Italian airport during the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, peel away the layers of preconceived biases and discover striking similarities in their family history.