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.

"Red Danube" by David Gluck
Genre: Historical

A charismatic art dealer lets his guard down, revisits a painful past, and uncovers a haunting betrayal perpetrated by the least likely antagonist during his youth in a Nazi concentration camp.

"Fake News: A Comedy of Errors" by Zachary Phillips
A group of journalists navigate conflicts of interest and attempt to do their job in reverse, when a mistakenly published joke story turns out to possibly be true.
"Impregnation" by Lauren Certo
In a world where fertility ceases to exist one woman finds her marriage on the rocks, her career at a stalemate, and her life at a crossroads, leading her to go on a mission to get the one thing she believes can help her: a baby.
"Prince" by Jessica J. Rowlands
A charismatic young boy who lives on a rubbish dump in Zimbabwe must convince a reclusive boxing coach to teach him to fight in order to find safety and strength in a world that has left him behind.
"Back to Dixie" by Len Hyde
Genre: Drama

The outer limits of government’s influence on race policies are tested when the political pendulum dramatically swings far left to extreme right in the not-too-distant future, and a group of young idealists fight to hold on to their human rights.

"The Last Skywriter in the Universe" by Steven Bogart Bogart
Triggered by her son's illness, a determined mother journeys through fantasy, dreams, and reality as she tries to save his young life.
"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.