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.

"The Great Black North" by Giselle Miller
Genre: Drama

The lives of a group Black Canadians interconnect as they try to resolve issues in their families and romantic relationships.

"Georges Creek" by James Shanklin
In the early part of 1921, living in the coal mining town of Georges Creek, everything seemed perfect for the O'Farrell family, but by the summer of that same year, nothing would ever be the same.
"Women's Game" by Gary Blackwood
Genre: Thriller

A young woman vacationing in a wilderness cabin witnesses a murder and is forced to hole up in the attic while the murderer, also a woman, lies in wait below.

"Pact Arcanum" by Arshad Ahsanuddin
Genre: Sci-fi

A mercenary with a psychic gift stumbles into a brewing war between humanity and a hidden society of supernatural beings.

"MIXED SPIRITS 19, April 29, 2022" by Howard Kaplan
Genre: Drama

In 1932 Detroit, a young single mother must confront her visions of danger and death, the gangster father of her baby, the scorn and actions of her church members, and make a public appeal to the City Council to keep her job. If unsuccessful, she will lose everything she loves.

"I'm Your Host" by Joey Miller
A sadistic ex gameshow host forces his victims into a gameshow of his own. A show full of torture, murder and life threatening scenarios.
"The Rains" by Julia Delmedico
During an endless bout of acid rain, two estranged siblings trapped in a New York City apartment are disrupted by an intruder.
"Field Trip" by Klaudio2021 MARTINEZ-VALLE
Genre: Horror

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.

"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.

"Wolf Candy" by Richard Stringham
Genre: Horror

For a sheltered, suburban teen girl, a fun night out on the town turns into a ferocious fight for survival when she becomes the target of her abusive, drug-addled neighbor-turned-werewolf.

"Honey" by Lauren Certo
A young girl battles with mental health issues as she prepares for her SAT's.
"The Funny Farm" by Robert Ward
Genre: Horror

An indestructible, wisecracking demon terrorizes and kills the parents of a farm girl who hides in a bolted cellar… but after the demon extricates her, he falls in love with her while she figures out the way to kill him.

"Off The Rails" by Alex Lane
Genre: Action

When a suicidal Hollywood writer ends up on the run after a shooting, it’s up to his agent and a stranded Malibu police detective to track him down before a vengeful mercenary does.

"Dark Holds, a James Bond movie set in the 1950s" by Marko Josic
Genre: Action

Early 1950s, James Bond, teaming up with a young consular attache, has to sink a cargo ship trafficking weapons, but the young attache's fiancee is in charge of a humanitarian delivery traveling on it.

"Ghostboy" by Robert Kelly McAllister
Genre: Drama

Suffering under the thumb of an abusive stepfather, a twelve-year-old pines for his erstwhile dad while the increasingly intolerable situation pushes him to a breaking point — and into the realm of fantasy.

"Nightfall" by Matt Curtsinger
Genre: Sci-fi

A scientist races to restore oxygen levels and sunlight to a dying world, only to send it into eternal darkness.

"Running in Place" by Gary Blackwood
Genre: Drama

A former Olympic athlete, sidelined by motherhood, struggles to gain acceptance for women in the male-dominated sport of Highland Heavyweight Games.

"Black Saturday" by Dean Jaloudi
Genre: Historical

Saturday, October 27th, 1962. 

At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, two Soviet officers aboard the B-59 submarine--believing World War III has already broken out--agree to launch a nuclear weapon against the United States.

This is the true story of the third officer on that submarine-