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.

"Willa Cather Would Not Approve" by David-Matthew Barnes

After her husband ends their marriage of twenty years, forty-year-old Alexandra Swanson is forced to return to her hometown of Zenobia, Nebraska, a place where no one seems to remember her.

"A House Divided" by EJ Scrimger

What if the South won the Civil War?
After accidentally being propelled back in time to 1859 Virginia, retired Green Beret officer John Kelly is pursued by a merciless assassin, a minion of a corrupt 20th century administration intent on changing history to their advantage.

"Sleeping Beauty's Prince" by EJ Scrimger
Genre: Fantasy

When Prince Phillip’s kiss fails to wake Sleeping Beauty, he must search for a new way around the fable’s twist – he never anticipated that it would take him five centuries to find the two living keys to his problem.

"The Split" by nicola green green
Genre: Crime

‘The Split’ tells the story of three lives unknowingly intertwined over fifty years; Squire ‘Split’ Waterman a sporting hero turned gold thief, sick child Jenny and a grieving daughter, Emma, who discovers her family’s hidden past, a dark secret and a long-hidden legacy that binds them all together

"An Accidental Awakening: It's not about yoga; It's about family" by Stephanie Dawn… Hrehirchuk
Genre: Memoir

Relatable, light-hearted, and often messy, Stephanie's struggle with motherhood and a spinal injury leads her to find community in a group of strangers, healing through vulnerability, and self-acceptance along the wild ride to reclaim happiness.

"When North Becomes South" by Becky Bronson
Genre: Sci-Fi

How would we survive without technology and the internet? When a powerful solar flare completely disrupts life as we know it, a separated family attempts to reunite in a changed world where long-distance communication is next to impossible and modern methods of transportation no longer exist.

"Road Trippy" by Joe Heath

When a fastidious paperclip saleswoman falls asleep while driving and accidentally hits a hitchhiker, she is pulled into a chaotic world of demonic ex-boyfriends, brain-swapping drugs, and a surprisingly vicious zebra.

"90 Miles of Separation" by Tony Macy-Perez Macy-Perez
Genre: Drama

So close and yet so far. Two families separated by politics, immigration, stereotypes and assimilation.

"The Epic of Gilgamesh" by Richard Rizun

A demigod king and his strange friend battle mythical creatures and vengeful gods as they journey to the end of the world on an epic quest to find the secret of immortality.

"The Epic of Gilgamesh" by Richard Rizun

A demigod king and his strange friend battle mythical creatures and vengeful gods as they journey to the end of the world on an epic quest to find the secret of immortality.