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.

"Freya's Child" by P.J. Roscoe

What would you do to save your child? Fight the dead? Defy the gods?
When Helen moves to a new town in an attempt to save her marriage, she had no idea that it would become her worst nightmare, to save her child, and bring an end to a thousand years of torment. The old Norse gods have awoken.

"The Chameleon Bush" by Scifari Irvin

It’s hard to become a doctor; infinitely more so if you’re an orphan from a Nairobi slum.

"Between Worlds" by P.J. Roscoe

When Emily is found lying next to a headless corpse, the police are convinced they have the murderer, but she is refusing to speak. Taken to a psychiatric hospital, Emily undergoes hypnotherapy with Dr Marian who is determined to find out the truth...But what is revealed, couldn't possibly be true.

"Echoes" by P.J. Roscoe

Attempting to hide from her past, Bronwen moves to a quiet, Shropshire village, but when she witnesses murder, it sets her on a quest to find the truth about what really happened during the 15th century and how is she involved in a terrible decision that echoes down through the centuries.

"The Call of the Cobra" by Scifari Irvin

A teenage anti-terrorist organisation has to prevent uranium ore being smuggled out of Tanzania to rogue states wanting to develop nuclear weapons.

"Leeches" by dobreboskov@ya… Boshkov

In a case involving his family, a San Francisco detective is facing his toughest test in his lifetime, catching a mafia boss and saving his daughter’s life, while dealing with spies among loved ones.

"The Boy and the Great White Shark" by chris Ridley

Set on a remote atoll in the Pacific, a poor fisher boy forms a strange bond with a Great White Shark he cuts free and saves from drowning, tangled in old nets dumped from a Russian fishing boat, and his simple life is changed forever. His nemesis , Kapitan Lisa Alexeyey gets hers in the process.

"Beau: The Secret Billionaire Society " by Nancy Pennick
Genre: Romance

Beau is given a mission to help a small business eradicate a virus attacking their computers. It was supposed to be quick and clean - but then he meets Tess and everything changes.

"Canyon of the Damned" by Kristin Woodworth-Owen Owen

A female outlaw reluctantly falls in love with a drifter as her and her posse seek the truth behind the disappearance of her adoptive Lakota father, while facing a series of violent shoot-outs, shock, and betrayal along the way. An epic journey of love, friendship, and courage.

"Last Stone" by ChesterStudzinski Studzinski
Genre: Drama

LAST STONE - A film about life, death, love, hate, laughter, tears and... CURLING!

"The Third Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump" by Bonnie Tunick

Donald J. Trump dies and must submit to a morality trial by a jury of his peers to determine the trajectory of his soul in the Universe.

"P-Gen" by kblessan Blessan
Genre: Sci-Fi

In an overpopulated future where euthanizing the elderly is presented as one aspect of a perfect world, a group of idealistic young men and women risk their livelihoods to resist the propaganda and protect their beloved grandparents.

"Canela Cafe'" by Eric Vasallo
Genre: Fantasy

A vibrant Miami cafe' “manned” by two women chef's - Pili & Margarita are forced to make a deal with magical forces to save their beloved restaurant from being another casualty of the Great Recession of 2008.

"Voices of the City - Los Angeles - Synchroni-city" by Eric Vasallo
Genre: Drama

Trey, a struggling, Queer, Black, LatinX, altruistic writer bet the farm trying to catch a first break, blowing his rent on screenplay contests, has 5 days to make rent or get evicted from the city he loves. Along the way, he meets fellow dreamers inside his Uber that drop pearls of wisdom to help.

"Mary Tries to Get a Piece" by Eric Vasallo

Mary, a 20-something Sassy Queer Mexican-American, goes out cruising for a no-strings hook up one Saturday night in LA, is forced to summon her inner shero when her life becomes threatened...or is it?