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.

"Run Chicken Run" by Eric Vasallo

An ethnically divided Miami 'hood is terrorized by a legendary cockfighter with supernatural powers aka "El Diablito Rojo" after being smuggled into the US from a rural village in Cuba. A young latina and two Fortnite addicts spring into battle to save their street from the diabolical menace.

"Crossing the County Lines" by paulthompson thompson
Genre: Drama

Three successful drug dealing gangs flex their muscles and expand failing boundaries as their quest to build an empire crosses the County Lines

"Tainted Love" by Camryn Chandrruangphen
Genre: LGBT

As high school jock comes to terms with his sexuality, he his forced to juggle a newfound attraction, his high school reputation, and his parents’ conditional love. How much will his freedom truly cost?

"SHADOWS OF THE CONQUEST" by Sara Lennon

In the turmoil of the Norman victory at Hastings a young English girl must help King Harold's widow escape captivity to enable her sons to launch the resistance, while their captor, a Norman knight, begins to question his allegiance to Duke William in this dual narrative of the Norman Conquest.

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

Nash’s desire for a mission impossible role comes true but also places his girlfriend in danger. Realizing it's not a game, he regrets ever wishing for one.

"Pixie Dust" by Grace Nicole McLeod McLeod
Genre: Fantasy

Alice Kingsleigh attends a pristine private academy for the rich and gifted. She sticks out amongst the high strung students and wishes for anything but her reality. Little does she know that her wish is about to come true when she meets a red headed boy named Peter Pan. Two well-known tales will be

"Problem Cases" by Briana Cox
Genre: Drama

High school was hard enough as the resident scholarship student, but when an unfortunate incident with a scalpel gets Drake labeled as the resident psychopath as well, he reluctantly embraces his new bad reputation.

"Closer than Breath - How a near-death experience reset rejection to limitless, unconditional love." by Louise Coetzee Coetzee
Genre: Christian

When a woman’s near-death experience results in her meeting Jesus, it contradicts her beliefs about God, the afterlife, and life on Earth. The encounter changes her forever and brings with it an unexpected surprise.

"The Tally Man, Book Two of The Stoker Trilogy" by Tod Benjamin

After the death of his war hero father, Charlie Stoker lives by two principles: honour and duty. In 1930s London, consumed by an impossible love outside his sterile marriage, he battles Mosley’s fascists, a hero to others but tortured within, seeking self-respect as the dark clouds of war gather.

"Chicken Tenderized" by Bonnie Tunick
Genre: Drama

An eight-year-old daughter of Jewish immigrants reluctantly inherits her father's legacy as she helps him peddle poultry to small local merchants in 1948 Chicago.

"Me n' Mona" by Jonathan Grupper

Mona defies her due date and refuses to give birth until the world is ready for her baby. Chaos - and monumental change - ensue.

"Beautiful-People Time" by Scifari Irvin
Genre: Drama

The left and right sides of the brain process information differently, but what happens if the wires get crossed?

"LUCY FELL " by Lisa Marie Nagy-Isaacson
Genre: Drama

A woman who's already changed her identity once, runs off with an Irish band to work as a roadie when sinister figures from her past and the homicide detectives investigating her dead boss’s murder close in on her.

"Notes for My Nieces" by Lisa Marie Nagy-Isaacson
Genre: Drama

A Gen X-er chronicles her real-life struggle with speaking phobia, unemployment, and unwanted pregnancy during her search for autonomy and self in 1990s NYC through present-day letters to her nieces.

"Antares Trap" by Anjula Evans Evans
Genre: Fantasy

A young man discovers a catalyst that could brighten the future or ignite a dictatorship in the Antares solar system.

"Antares Trap" by Anjula Evans Evans

A young man discovers a catalyst that could brighten the future or ignite a dictatorship in the Antares solar system.

"COVID ICU" by Anjula Evans Evans
Genre: Drama

Brought together during the worst global disaster of the century, Karly and Clay are part of the final defense that stands between life and death. As doctors in the COVID Intensive Care Unit, lives hang in the balance, including their own. However, an ominous presence overshadows their every move.