Set on a remote atoll in the Pacific, a poor fisher boy forms a strange bond with a Great White Shark he cuts free and saves from drowning, tangled in old nets dumped from a Russian fishing boat, and his simple life is changed forever. His nemesis , Kapitan Lisa Alexeyey gets hers in the process.
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.
"Canyon of the Damned" by Kristin Woodworth-Owen Owen
A female outlaw reluctantly falls in love with a drifter as her and her posse seek the truth behind the disappearance of her adoptive Lakota father, while facing a series of violent shoot-outs, shock, and betrayal along the way. An epic journey of love, friendship, and courage.
"Stories for a Summer Beach Party" by Steve Garry
Partiers around a campfire listen to four tales that range from the ghoulishly slapstick to the disturbingly agoraphobic to the shamelessly macabre, and lastly to one of thought-provoking but inspiring redemption.
"The Third Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump" by Bonnie Tunick
Donald J. Trump dies and must submit to a morality trial by a jury of his peers to determine the trajectory of his soul in the Universe.
"Voices of the City - Los Angeles - Synchroni-city" by Eric Vasallo
Trey, a struggling, Queer, Black, LatinX, altruistic writer bet the farm trying to catch a first break, blowing his rent on screenplay contests, has 5 days to make rent or get evicted from the city he loves. Along the way, he meets fellow dreamers inside his Uber that drop pearls of wisdom to help.
"Mary Tries to Get a Piece" by Eric Vasallo
Mary, a 20-something Sassy Queer Mexican-American, goes out cruising for a no-strings hook up one Saturday night in LA, is forced to summon her inner shero when her life becomes threatened...or is it?
"Run Chicken Run" by Eric Vasallo
An ethnically divided Miami 'hood is terrorized by a legendary cockfighter with supernatural powers aka "El Diablito Rojo" after being smuggled into the US from a rural village in Cuba. A young latina and two Fortnite addicts spring into battle to save their street from the diabolical menace.
"The Murder (or Possible Political Assassination) of Santa Claus" by koryorban Orban
The true meaning of Christmas be damned! Santa has been killed and there is a murderer on the loose in the North Pole!
"SHADOWS OF THE CONQUEST" by Sara Lennon
In the turmoil of the Norman victory at Hastings a young English girl must help King Harold's widow escape captivity to enable her sons to launch the resistance, while their captor, a Norman knight, begins to question his allegiance to Duke William in this dual narrative of the Norman Conquest.
"Pixie Dust" by Grace Nicole McLeod McLeod
Alice Kingsleigh attends a pristine private academy for the rich and gifted. She sticks out amongst the high strung students and wishes for anything but her reality. Little does she know that her wish is about to come true when she meets a red headed boy named Peter Pan. Two well-known tales will be
"The Book Club" by William Keeling Keeling
The Book Club is a prime-time political thriller of how a book club in Brussels – set up by European Commission diplomats – is infiltrated by Chinese, US, German, and British spies. In 2015, whilst Europe suffers ISIS terrorist attacks, secret agents are reading Kafka, and a corrupt EU Commissioner