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 Peace+Wielder: The Wolf is the King" by Anne VanDeuson
Genre: Drama

When a Saxon earl risks all to shield Danelaw converts from the king's ethnic cleansing, his daughter, Elfyifa, must choose -- free will or freedom, principle or peace -- as England's new queen, Emma, maneuvers the kingdom ever closer to her own Norman conquest. Based on a true story.

"My Enemy's Face" by terrymoran Moran

Being black in early 1960's racially torn Alabama your outlook was grim at best. What if you were a white supremacist, woke up one morning and found yourself with black skin and the black person you bullied the day before now wore your white skin? Would you hold onto to your racist views or change?

"Mountain Dream" by Wei San Tang
Genre: Memoir

Mountain Dream is an inspirational memoir about the author's unlikely trip to Everest, the author takes readers along for every triumph and every near defeat, in the hopes that the story, will motivate others to take their own adventures and forge their own paths.

"While She Was Dreaming" by jennymacomber@… Macomber

Natalie Edwards wakes to realize her nightmares are now her reality as past lives resurrect. Will she survive the demons that stalk her, decipher the visions, and harness her own abilities or lose her life as she did in each nightmare? Her innate gifts awaken to reveal shocking truths.

"So I Married the Alien President" by Celeste Palmer
Genre: Romance

A woman is contacted by her high school crush and soon marries him, unaware he's the alien president and their wedding was a campaign strategy.

"Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years" by Sharon Bazant
Genre: Memoir

Geckos and Guns is the story of the Bazant family’s five years in Pakistan—a time of adjusting to new and different surroundings, of embracing cultural differences, and of recognizing imminent danger.

"Autumn Gold: A Rendezvous with Cancer, Knowing Death Is Not Final" by LeyLowe Lowe
Genre: Memoir

Celebrates the indomitable courage embodied by young biracial lawyer Vashti Warner who, at age 34, is diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Here are penetrating insights into Vashti’s ability to understand her own mortality, articulate her illuminating lessons, and bravely face death on her own terms.

"Prax" by Nikki Auberkett

A deadly storm, a miraculous survivor, and a horrific new ability may be the only chance of survival for two kidnapped girls. The first of a four-book series, Prax blends global mythologies with torn-from-the-headlines realism to confront the issues of human trafficking in the American Midwest.