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.

"It Happened Along the Road" by Mark Clark
A college graduate on the way to her first big-city job is abducted when an infamous serial killer escapes during a prisoner transport—to survive, she must overcome her debilitating fear of confined spaces or become his next victim.
"Dreams of My Mother" by Jordan Miles
After the unexpected illness of her mother, a young girl finds solace in an international R&B star, risking her real life relationships.
""VOYAGE"" by Mark Folger
Genre: Sci-fi

"Mankind's rebirth continues after the conflict between the Oil and Technology industries power struggle for control of the planet an outlier's family legacy is all that stands against Earth's final extinction!"

"The Illuminated People" by Edel Dmytro Oksamyt
Genre: Comedy

The horrible lives of a few troubled young people link together on their quest to search for a device that can answer any question in the world.

"The Lost Camp" by Connor Etter
Three boys at a sleepaway summer camp discover an abandoned, Old West town that is home to a dark spirit with intent on vengeance.
"BLEEDTHROUGH" by Tammy Klembith
Genre: Horror

A woman who goes to great lengths to contain the trauma from her past, despite the constant gaslighting from her estranged family, ultimately realizes that it can’t be controlled.

"Ranger" by Allen Baldwin & Jane Ackermann
When a mysterious woman shows up at his Maine home, an elderly survivor of America’s indigenous boarding school system must reckon with his supernatural past, while trying to convince his daughter that it even happened at all.
"Reboot" by Robert Rhyne Rhyne
Two teenage boys, one grieving the recent death of his neo-Nazi father, and the other the son of a prophetic Jewish rabbi, must bury their hate for each other when they become the unlikely survivors of a mass extinction event.
"One Fair Wind" by Paul Gordon
A journalist crosses the line to stop Argentina's brutal dictatorship in 1976.
"Terms of Entanglement" by David Schroeder
Genre: Sci-fi

Twenty years after a mysterious event split reality and destroyed data records, a woman contends with quantum weirdness and a shadowy government agency to find the daughter she gave up for adoption.

"Unfinished Melody" by Mark Donald
Genre: Drama

A spunky Holocaust survivor journeys down the Mississippi River with her teenage caregiver to fulfill her dying wish of returning home to New Orleans. Despite her dementia, she recovers memories from her tragic past that give new meaning to her life.

"Field Trip" by Klaudio2021 MARTINEZ-VALLE
When a school outing goes horribly wrong, introverted teen Valeria must save herself and her obnoxious classmates from a giant man-eating creature who lives in the heart of a sinister forest.
"A8450, M.D." by Shia Labeouf
Genre: Drama

When a Jewish pathologist Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, is sent to work for 'Angel of Death' Dr. Josef Mengele in Auschwitz, he struggles to maintain his humanity as he is forced to endure the horrors of the Holocaust.

"Stardogs" by Michael Snow
After moving to a xenophobic town in the boonies, a young boy must make a heartbreaking decision: reunite his estranged parents and return to his old life in the city, or save a town that never wanted him from a very real alien threat that could change the fabric of our universe.
"The Grey Eminence" by Dru Bhattacharya
After a prophecy destroys a kingdom, a new generation of diverse Greek and Indian heroes and heroines emerge to confront a mythical foe and pursue a new reign of peace—or terror.
"So Long, Sandy Koufax" by Jason Zuriff
Genre: Fantasy

After accidentally killing a convenience store robber in Brooklyn and becoming an overnight hero, Eli must navigate his offbeat journey through stardom and guilt with the spiritual guidance of Sandy Koufax, the pitcher for the 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers.

"The One That Got Away" by Jarrod Roberts
Genre: Other

A disgraced and out of work private detective scores a case that can redeem him, but must rely on his ex, a master thief, to solve it before the police do.

"Huxley Valley" by Ella Bettarello de Oliveira
A fucked-up reality TV show family comfortable with constantly be in the spotlight and their made-up season arcs has to cover their asses when one of them brazenly commits a murder.
"Hand Twins" by Macee Binns
Genre: Drama

Years after an Irish exit and deep in the throes of an early mid-life crisis, a celebrity gossip writer returns to her suffocatingly small hometown in Arkansas to hunt for her late father’s missing ashes; during her search, she crosses paths with her damaged ex-boyfriend, who forces her to face the

"Call Me Thor" by Jamie Campbell
In 1991, a chubby, pre-adolescent metalhead and his pregnant mother change their identities and go on the run from the men who refuse to let them go.