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.

"A Broken Soldier" by Noel Kearns Kearns
Genre: Drama

A young British soldier suffering from PTSD deserts the army and hides away in an inner city housing estate. Now, can his unlikely friendships with a frightened old woman and a troublesome young tearaway halt his deadly descent into darkness?

"Lawyers, Guns & Money" by Wkent111 Kent

A dissolute runaway stumbles into a world of cloak and
dagger politics. Staging a coup will turn out to be a lot less fun
and a lot more dangerous than he initially imagined.

"Risk Capital by Barry Staff" by Barry Staff

A meticulously planned contract cancelled, a disgruntled hitman goes AWOL, wanting a break at the resort instead, but needs to see its bright lights cast mean shadows.

"Penn Station Enroute Home" by Grace Swee
Genre: Drama

After losing everything when she left an abusive partner, a woman is determined to begin a new chapter only to find herself fighting against the Kafkaesque system of bureaucracy and homelessness in New York City.

"Journey to my Daughter" by Jennifer Rose Asher Asher
Genre: Memoir

Jen decided she wanted to have a baby, but endured 2 miscarriages before deciding to adopt. She went to Vietnam where everything went wrong. She found her daughter in the most unexpected place! Along the way she learned to let go enough to allow the universe to guide her to her daughter.

"Soi Dogs (Street Dogs)" by David Powell Powell
Genre: Crime

Set in Thailand - the corruption and combat between two policemen.

"COME FIND ME, SET ME FREE." by Claire Lyne

To Lucy, a 1980's teenager, everything seems weird about the Victorian house caught in a time warp. Especially the mysterious housekeeper. With the discovery of a diary she is drawn in by the spirit of a Victorian girl and becomes obsessed with finding answers.

"HUNT MONSTERS" by Joseph Black

A found-footage horror meets workplace mockumentary about four people who hunt monsters, ghosts, demons, and fouler things from beyond the fragile limits of our reality. And on weekends, they go bowling.

"Échappé " by Allison Mattox
Genre: Drama

Under the watchful eye of the KGB, a Soviet ballerina learns that her brother--the company's star dancer--is planning to defect during a tour to New York.

"The Road to Canossa" by Lara Byrne

Inspired by real historical characters, a medieval tapestry of relics, prophecies, forbidden love, and political scheming. Set between Germany and Italy, with a cast of princes, popes, cardinals, and women who want to rule in a man's world. Hamlet meets The Medici and The Borgias.

"Whimsy Castle" by Slim Randles

Becoming a new stepfather or stepson is almost never easy, but with 12-year-old Tobias, who views the world as a terrible place to be, it is an extra pain to discover your new stepdad is a semi-bizarre newspaper columnist with an embarrassing sense of humor.

"Still Emily: Seeing Rainbows in the Silence" by EmLOwen Owen
Genre: Memoir

Emily Owen was a multi talented teenager with the world at her feet. Highly intelligent, athletic and a gifted musician, she was destined to excel in whichever field she chose to pursue. At the age of 16, Emily was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis Type 2. It stole her hearing, and changed her life.