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.

"Midnight Dawn" by lassiter2022 Levine
Genre: Drama

Captain Ben Brickman and his B-29 crew are the last Americans captured by the Japanese and the first to witness the ruins of Hiroshima. Their encounters with Japanese citizens test the bounds of humanity over hatred and forgiveness over revenge.

"Shooting Blanks" by oliviarosegarden Rose

"In a world where all boys are sterilised at birth; a man must meet the conditions of a formidable panel of women to have 'The Fix' reversed and marry the girl of his dreams."

"SILVERMANE" by Georges le Macon

Hunting the St. Lawerence Strangler, Dr. Bethany Lomax begins to believe there is a psychic link between herself and Canada’s most prolific child murderer.

"Clampdown" by RAAkerlund Akerlund
Genre: Fantasy

Clampdown is a fictional story about a forgotten dystopian society that resembles a 1970’s northern UK town.
The people who live there are divided into four groups, The Skinheads, The Mods, The punks and The Goths. The groups' war to get what they want and no one is safe. Welcome to Clampdown.

"A Good Death" by Chris Leonard
Genre: Drama

An inspirational episodic series about a dedicated hospice nurse and his colleagues, striving to give terminally ill patients a ‘good death’ despite their hospice’s financial challenges and the emotional toll it has on their personal lives.

"In Country" by Chris Leonard
Genre: Drama

When a teenage boy is murdered in a small UK town, his parents piece together what their son was involved in and must fight to protect their son’s pregnant girlfriend from a county lines drug gang hunting for stolen money.

"Life Patterns" by Damian Santamaria

A famous fashion designer escapes the superficial and destructive nature of the corporate fast-fashion industry and begins a new life in the secluded Peruvian-Andes in an attempt to reconnect with himself and, in doing so returns the dignity and power of the Amazon Rainforest to its native people.

"TAMMY AND WILLOW" by Gillian Young

A much-loved pet dog dies and struggles along with its owner to adjust - until a puppy comes along and befriends them both.

"The Box in the Closet" by Jayne Doxtater
Genre: Memoir

A happily married aesthetician is living the small town dream, but when she finds a box in the closet full of women's lingerie, she realizes her soulmate isn't who she thinks he is.

"The Box in the Closet" by Jayne Doxtater
Genre: LGBT

A happily married aesthetician is living the small town dream, but when she finds a box in the closet full of women's lingerie, she realizes her soulmate isn't who she thinks he is.

"The Cleaner: Evasion in Lockdown" by Rachel K Parsonage Parsonage

Kyle is disillusioned with his involvement in a county lines drug dealing gang. After being afforded a lucky break, he manages to extrapolate himself from the gang and takes a job as a hospital cleaner. Lockdown hits. But a former gang member who is on the run and desperate wants Kyle back.