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.

"WHISTLEBLOWER" by T erry Morgan
Genre: Crime

Jim Smith, an ex-British politician, forced to flee abroad after threatening to expose massive fraud in international aid returns to renew his campaign. An international political thriller and study of an eccentric man who steadfastly refuses to fit into the stereotype of a modern politician.

"The Darkness" by Robbi Bryant
Genre: Horror

In a stunning battle against evil, copycat killer Edward Olson must stop himself from killing his ultimate trophy, Caitlyn Derry, the daughter of his idol, the executed Lace Ribbon Killer.

"Paralyzed Without Fear" by JACQUE Dunkle
Genre: Drama

When a young daredevil's dreams are crushed by paralysis in a motorcycle crash, he faces life like he does fear - head on. Defying all odds, he goes rogue with his own ingenious life-risking plan to salvage his broken life and fulfill the dream of having a family, no matter what the cost.

"Day 3" by Bill Birney

A truly unbelievable break comes to a cynical, washed-up actor when he refuses to do a death scene on the last day of a movie shoot.

"Invasion of the Fifth Dimension" by Bill Birney
Genre: Sci-Fi

People of the earth take action when they learn their negative human traits are controlled by creatures from another dimension.

"Freedom" by Bill Birney
Genre: Sci-Fi

Two young people receive the ultimate punishment for prying into the secrets of a future dystopian civilization – their freedom.

"The Back Door" by Bill Birney

When a journalism student at a community college, interviews for an intern job she isn’t expecting to get thrown in the deep end.

"Something for Dr. Thode" by Bill Birney
Genre: Drama

A psychiatrist traveling to pick up a professional award has no idea the difficulties he will encounter and the gifts he will receive along the way.

"Killer in the Crowd " by Phil Johnson

Live music is in her blood, but as the death threats arrive, she fears there’s a killer in the crowd. Can teacher Cath take her mother’s place, and front her mum’s old band to inspire four ageing woman punks to catch a killer, and solve the mystery of what really happened to her missing mother?

"The Man Who Couldn't Stay Dead" by mayfly Read

A man is murdered in Italy. Hours later a boy is born in England with facial scars. He grows up with nightmares of being murdered. As an adult, he goes to Italy to find his killer using images from his nightmares. He then digs up his own body to retrieve the valuable object that is buried with it.

"Shooting Blanks" by oliviarosegarden Rose

"In a world where all boys are sterilised at birth; a man must meet the conditions of a formidable panel of women to have 'The Fix' reversed and marry the girl of his dreams."

"SILVERMANE" by Georges le Macon

Hunting the St. Lawerence Strangler, Dr. Bethany Lomax begins to believe there is a psychic link between herself and Canada’s most prolific child murderer.