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.

"One Fair Wind" by Paul Gordon
A journalist crosses the line to stop Argentina's brutal dictatorship in 1976.
"Terms of Entanglement" by David Schroeder
Genre: Sci-fi

Twenty years after a mysterious event split reality and destroyed data records, a woman contends with quantum weirdness and a shadowy government agency to find the daughter she gave up for adoption.

"Unfinished Melody" by Mark Donald
Genre: Drama

A spunky Holocaust survivor journeys down the Mississippi River with her teenage caregiver to fulfill her dying wish of returning home to New Orleans. Despite her dementia, she recovers memories from her tragic past that give new meaning to her life.

"Field Trip" by Klaudio2021 MARTINEZ-VALLE
When a school outing goes horribly wrong, introverted teen Valeria must save herself and her obnoxious classmates from a giant man-eating creature who lives in the heart of a sinister forest.
"A8450, M.D." by Shia Labeouf
Genre: Drama

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.

"Stardogs" by Michael Snow
After moving to a xenophobic town in the boonies, a young boy must make a heartbreaking decision: reunite his estranged parents and return to his old life in the city, or save a town that never wanted him from a very real alien threat that could change the fabric of our universe.
"The Grey Eminence" by Dru Bhattacharya
After a prophecy destroys a kingdom, a new generation of diverse Greek and Indian heroes and heroines emerge to confront a mythical foe and pursue a new reign of peace—or terror.
"So Long, Sandy Koufax" by Jason Zuriff
Genre: Fantasy

After accidentally killing a convenience store robber in Brooklyn and becoming an overnight hero, Eli must navigate his offbeat journey through stardom and guilt with the spiritual guidance of Sandy Koufax, the pitcher for the 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers.

"The One That Got Away" by Jarrod Roberts
Genre: Other

A disgraced and out of work private detective scores a case that can redeem him, but must rely on his ex, a master thief, to solve it before the police do.

"Huxley Valley" by Ella Bettarello de Oliveira
A fucked-up reality TV show family comfortable with constantly be in the spotlight and their made-up season arcs has to cover their asses when one of them brazenly commits a murder.
"Hand Twins" by Macee Binns
Genre: Drama

Years after an Irish exit and deep in the throes of an early mid-life crisis, a celebrity gossip writer returns to her suffocatingly small hometown in Arkansas to hunt for her late father’s missing ashes; during her search, she crosses paths with her damaged ex-boyfriend, who forces her to face the

"Call Me Thor" by Jamie Campbell
In 1991, a chubby, pre-adolescent metalhead and his pregnant mother change their identities and go on the run from the men who refuse to let them go.
"A Cuban Story" by Nick Marciano
Genre: Family

A ten year old Cuban boy mistakes and then befriends an escaped Zebra for a Mystical Unicorn

"Natasha" by David Gluck
A beautiful young runaway Natasha is uncovered by an aspiring musician Owen Bard; he gets her off the streets of DTLA to uncover her power to enchant and pervert all who hear her voice as the cult leader she ran from gets within striking distance.
"Fake News: A Comedy of Errors" by Zachary Phillips
A group of journalists navigate conflicts of interest and attempt to do their job in reverse, when a mistakenly published joke story turns out to possibly be true.
"Impregnation" by Lauren Certo
In a world where fertility ceases to exist one woman finds her marriage on the rocks, her career at a stalemate, and her life at a crossroads, leading her to go on a mission to get the one thing she believes can help her: a baby.
"Prince" by Jessica J. Rowlands
A charismatic young boy who lives on a rubbish dump in Zimbabwe must convince a reclusive boxing coach to teach him to fight in order to find safety and strength in a world that has left him behind.
"Back to Dixie" by Len Hyde
Genre: Drama

The outer limits of government’s influence on race policies are tested when the political pendulum dramatically swings far left to extreme right in the not-too-distant future, and a group of young idealists fight to hold on to their human rights.

"The Last Skywriter in the Universe" by Steven Bogart
Triggered by her son's illness, a determined mother journeys through fantasy, dreams, and reality as she tries to save his young life.
"It Happened Along the Road" by Mark Clark
A college graduate on the way to her first big-city job is abducted when an infamous serial killer escapes during a prisoner transport—to survive, she must overcome her debilitating fear of confined spaces or become his next victim.