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.

"Mist of Fire" by Anoop Madhavan
Genre: Action

An Indian warship's captain races against time to prevent nuclear war, after her actions endanger a Chinese attack submarine in waters disputed by both nations.

"Lost Time" by Jessica Ruehrmund
Genre: Comedy

Driven by thirtysomething malaise, an offhand wish sends a normally grounded woman and her unsuspecting friend on a strange, lively journey.

"Meet Les!" by Carl Burcham
Genre: Family

LES STONE is the youngest member of a famous Texas cattle and livestock ranch but when he announces he has become vegan and wants them to convert too, all hell breaks loose. Convincing diehard carnivores to swap meats for beets might just tear apart this close-knit family, especially after Les opens

"THE DREADGATE BOOK" by Alex Sobol
A folk horror/drama/thriller TV series about two clever girls who will have to survive a supernatural ordeal in order to save their hometown and their souls.
"Qualifying" by Thomas Black
A once promising athlete and teacher seeks to rebuild his life through the minor leagues of beach volleyball
"Something Wicked" by Allison Hanna
Genre: Fantasy

A witch, uninterested in inheriting his family's evil legacy, is forced to confront his destiny when his evil mother kidnaps his girlfriend.

"Fish Net Stockings" by Nick Marciano
A suicidal psychopath relentlessly torments a mother, her daughter and an entire police force with violence, murder and deception in order to achieve ever lasting notoriety
"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.