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.

"Twilight Starlight World Alight" by Kay C Beerman
Genre: Romance

An IRS investigator vanishes and an FBI agent's girlfriend who has decided to leave him is mysteriously threatened. He must rescue her from dark-web terrorists and save their relationship from his own shortsightedness while he and a female Eliot Ness look for the missing man's trail.

"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.

"Lack of Moral Fibre" by Helena P. Schrader

Late-November 1943. Pilot Officer Kit Moran, a flight engineer on Lancaster bombers, refuses to fly his 37th mission. Now he faces the consequences. Thrown off his squadron and ordered off the station, he lands at a mysterious DYDN center where he must face RAF discipline — and his own demons.

"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

"Arcane Chattel" by marymayerminick Mayer-Minick

Living in the harsh mountains of the Sierra Nevada during the California gold rush, a woman takes drastic action against her tyrannical husband.

"The Privilege" by marymayerminick Mayer-Minick

An embittered and vengeful Venetian priest finds hope and redemption with the inhabitants of a 16th century monastery as they endeavor to unravel a murder that threatens to upend their peaceful existence.

"Full Circle: The love of a lifetime" by Stephanie Dawn… Hrehirchuk
Genre: Romance

From first love to first apartment, country life, the big city, marriage, divorce, the boardroom, the bedroom, motherhood and quirky friends, life comes full circle in this unusual and relatable contemporary romance.

"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.

"Dead Energy" by Corkill Corkill
Genre: Sci-Fi

Oil supplies begin to vanish and society starts to crumble, and the only clue is a dollar size crystal found in the empty hold of an oil tanker.

"B*tchslap" by vstafford08 Stafford

Sick of being underestimated and underutilized, a group of female dodgeball players form an all-women team, Bitchslap, to compete for the co-ed championship title. This band of badass bitches aims to prove once and for all, what it means to “throw like a girl." Inspired by a true story.

"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.

"Different Wings" by Joe Campbell Jr.
Genre: Drama

A mashup of Dirty Dancing, Romeo and Juliet, and Rain Man: amidst the booze and debauchery of college Senior Week in Newport, Rhode Island, an anxious newcomer takes a chance at love with a sensitive man, in a last-ditch attempt to escape her prearranged future as caregiver to her autistic brother.

"Balanced" by Genet Hughes
Genre: Drama

Hindered by social norms and complex relationships, James endeavours to overcome his difficult childhood and find his place within a family.

"Improv" by Genet Hughes

When Ellie joins an unorthodox amateur dramatics society, she must improvise her way through a volatile affair, murder mystery, rival production and more, alongside the fearless members of her troupe.