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.

"A8450, M.D." by Shia Labeouf
When a Jewish pathologist Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, is sent to work for 'Angel of Death' Dr. Josef Mengele in Auschwitz, he struggles to maintain his humanity as he is forced to endure the horrors of the Holocaust.
"A Legend's Story: Volume One" by Michael Bouey

A man’s family is murdered and the world later abolishes laws and guns to where crime is legal in a political dystopian environment. The president now running this world like this is the same individual that killed the man’s family decades before. Will he set out for revenge?

"Reflections of Intimacy" by Jewel Mensah
Genre: Poetry

What does intimacy mean to you? Reflections of Intimacy is a theoretically artistic and photojournalistic exploration into the subject and practice of intimacy; and the path of connection it opens.

"The Ghost of Pembroke Lodge" by Olga Holtz

Inspired by true events. A ghost's violent visit deals a final blow to the deteriorating marriage of the world's most famous rationalist.

"Deliverance" by Olga Holtz
Genre: Sci-Fi

While a human suspects his sex robot of cheating, the machine becomes self-aware and joins a powerful robot resistance.

"The Untamed" by Olga Holtz

Held captive by her rapist during the Vietnam War, an undaunted woman finds an extreme way to regain her freedom.

"A Labour of Love" by Olga Holtz

Striving to restore the epic film NAPOLEON, an obsessed English film-maker sacrifices all - money, personal life, career - to his idol: the delusional genius director of the mutilated masterpiece, who sabotages the restoration. Based on a true story.

"I Hope This Email Finds You Well" by Quinton Buxton
After landing a job as the new assistant to a high-profile producer, Allison Anders soon discovers all the challenges that come with the entertainment business - emails, egos, and an office computer that's alive... and deadly.
"Quiet Noise" by George Basiev
Attempting to make contact with his departed Mother using an Ouija board, a Brooklyn teenager instead unleashes a terrifying entity into his home.
"Replica" by Jamie Gordon
After her father's unexpected prison release, a young woman fights to maintain control of the family's counterfeit handbag business, and the double life that helped her build that empire.
"Stand-In Santa" by
Genre: Family

What happens when a boy reaches the age when many begin to question if Santa Claus is real? In the case of Preston Peabody, he takes his dog Lucy for a walk on Christmas Eve and experiences the ADVENTURE of a lifetime...maybe two! Join Preston as he discovers a magical carousel, meets Holly

"The Water Tower" by W.L. Dismuke
Genre: Sci-fi

An unexplained freeze turns Earth into a giant artic; Angela Pine must lead a group of survivors, protect the water tower from enemies, and fight off monstrous beasts who pose a significant threat to humanity.

"Imagine" by Jeffrey Barton
When Imaginary Friend BeeZoo is forgotten and sent to the Imagine Nation she does everything in her power to escape and return to her best friend Max on Earth.
"Gay For Jesus" by Jason Laurits
Genre: Comedy

A gay, aspiring rock singer struggles to make it big, only to find that a career (and audience) in Christian music comes much easier, as does closer ties to his mother, ultimately . . . as long as he’s able to keep the gay at bay.

"Long John" by Ryan A
Genre: Drama

A redneck rookie from Arkansas gets a shot at golf's greatest title, a PGA Major Champion (Based on the book, My Life In and Out of the Rough, by John Daly)

"Other Man's Land" by Moises Amsel
An inexperienced Alaska State Trooper investigating a missing person's case in a remote town on the brink of a modern-day gold rush, finds in a group of local inmates the only support available to help him deal with the mounting challenges presented by the case and the town's imminent boom.
"The Thing in the Wall" by Emily Redinbo
Genre: Horror

When a new mom moves to a house with her partner and baby, she's haunted by an inescapable evil that craves everyone she loves.

"SUMMONED" by Tammy Klembith
Genre: Sci-fi

After an accident in the desert puts her estranged brother in a coma, a woman travels to the town of Sedona, Arizona only to find herself in the middle of an out of this world conspiracy that causes her own life to be in jeopardy.

"Ineffable" by Marcus McGee
Genre: Sci-fi

When a group of scientists and engineers team up with the world’s elite to create a global monitoring system with covert aims to keep alternative energies forever at bay, their children are left to guide humanity back into the light once the Earth is plunged into solar darkness by their parent’s

"Speak English" by Kieran Angelini
Genre: Comedy

An ambitious cardsharp is blackmailed into marrying a wacko gangster’s klepto girlfriend so she won’t be deported — then puts his life in even greater danger by falling in love with the guy's hot-blooded wife.