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.

"Knight of Swords" by Astor Steele Curran

A beautiful girl. A sword. A Vampire & the quest of a lifetime.

"The Madison Gap" by PatriciaDonovanNZ DONOVAN

Lexi's perfect life unravels as dark family secrets are revealed, and she learns how insidiously truth can be perverted, and that exposing those secrets can drive a person to the brink of murder.

"The Collections" by PatriciaDonovanNZ DONOVAN
Genre: Drama

It's 2041, humanity is in crisis, and Claris Millar knows that once you enter one of the government’s Collections Depots you never come out. If she’s to survive, she must take control of her own fate before an authoritarian state decides it for her.

"Romeo" by Camryn Chandrruangphen
Genre: LGBT

When a naïve art student becomes intrigued by a lonely dancer, He starts to realise just how complex this boy’s life is. Can he ever be ready for that? Façades are never what they seem...

"Lockdown! Tragedy at the Middle School" by LauraJutah Johnson

When 8th grade teacher, Heidi Moore, finds herself face-to-face with the gunmen who've taken her school hostage, she must make the biggest decision of her life: hide or fight back.

THEME SONG: Fragile (by Sting)

"Rara Avis" by Julie Swift Swift
Genre: LGBT

Rara Avis is a historical fiction epic that takes readers on a ten-year journey through the eyes of a young, gay, American architect living in Victorian England. Colin Sewell experiences life as both architect ahead of his time and as the object of affection by more than one man (and woman).

"Manyeo" by Astor Steele Curran

The Manyeo will dance across the ice to save the world from the dead. Only the Devil's son can help her succeed.

"Savage" by Astor Steele Curran

The sons of Mafia always get what they want. Korean born, Dae-Hyun wants his new stepsister and he is going to take her, even if he has to start a war to do it.

"The Eternal Shadows: Shadows Rising" by Camryn Chandrruangphen
Genre: Fantasy

As a corrupted man strives to eradicate a race of superhumans, one of them is forced to gather a team of her kind to defend their tribe and honour.

"Keeper of the Night" by Sandra Gibson

A Russian drug lord's obsession with a piece of music drives him to purchase its rare manuscript only to fall victim to a mysterious curse.

"Passcode" by writeabby Neill

Wealthy father leaving estate to son has second thoughts and finds a way to relay a message, post-death, to communicate his new wishes.

"Hear Me Roar" by Lynwood Shiva Sawyer
Genre: Drama

HEAR ME ROAR is based on the true story of a mother fighting for her children’s right to an education after 26 schools rejected the kids because of their autism. ANNA KENNEDY, well known in the “autism” world, almost single-handedly founded Europe’s largest school for kids on the ASD spectrum.

"A Brief Immortality" by Lynwood Shiva Sawyer
Genre: Drama

When an escaped British spy POW sneaks into Romania to reunite with his abducted love, he discovers not only her horrible secret but is also tasked with delivering Allied intel about the Nazis and a terrifying, war-altering deal with a Carpathian chieftain.

"A Reckoning Beckons" by Lynwood Shiva Sawyer
Genre: Drama

An anthology series with bad bosses, despicable divas, assorted mopes, getting their comeuppance as those they wronged seek retribution. Occasionally, the wrongdoers themselves find redemption.
The pilot is a Cain-Abel noir with a triple twist ending.

"The Last Secret" by Lynwood Shiva Sawyer
Genre: Drama

A documentary filmmaker’s uncovers a world-shattering secret the Catholic Church has sup-pressed for nearly a century. Her quest to find out the truth leads to a pilgrimage of self-discovery and fulfillment with unforeseen and terrible consequences for both her and the Church itself.

"Certified" by Roger Wilson-Crane

One Unexpected Birth...One Hapless Wedding...One Bizarre Death... Three stories following one man’s journey through the major milestones of a birth, marriage and death. A drama full of joy, heartbreak, shocking discoveries and profound loss. A Four Weddings and a Funeral for the book world.