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.

"The Oracle Reader" by Clark Ransom
A publicly denounced celebrity psychic attempts to kill herself but is saved by a malevolent spirit who convinces her he can restore her reputation and make her famous once again.
"Orson" by Jared Egol
A withering Orson Welles recounts his notorious demise and final act to the last character he will ever play.
"Reel Life" by Jeremy Span
Every night in his failing old movie theatre, ALFIE dreams about being the hero in his favorite silent film “THE STRANGER IN PARIS” but even in his dreams he can never save the damsel MYRNA in the end. When he finally gets his wish, Alfie goes about delaying the ending at all costs!
"Revel" by Danielle Evans
In a post-apocalyptic world, competing survival instincts create the perfect race against time to save earth from looming extinction. The tides are turned when a stranger shows up to offer an alternate course.
"Cursed Story - The Black Notebook" by Daniel Balazs Toth
Genre: Horror

Made rich by an anonymous notebook, Alex finds himself haunted by mysterious forces that corrupt him and threaten his sanity.
On a strange and winding road, he needs to find the dark origin of the book before he’s taken.

"The Remnant Faithful" by Andrew Poschner
When a new drug surfaces, a CIA operative with superhuman abilities must face his past and track down the cult that killed his mother, all while struggling with past addictions.
"Honor Earned" by Donald Morgan
Genre: Action

When retired two time Medal of Honor awardee General Smedley Butler is contacted by a group looking to create a new veterans organization, he quickly discovers he's at the center of a plot to overthrow FDR's presidency.

"Bad Romance" by Chad Wellinger
A paperback romance fanatic who strives to pen a novel of her own but has no real-life experience to draw upon recruits a bestselling author slash playboy Casanova for a crash course in hot and heavy.
"Time Will Tell" by jonathan winehouse
Genre: Animated

In Pre WWII Switzerland, when aging watchmaker Hans Schudel suffers a concussion, he hallucinates that his watches have come alive in a monumental adventure to find a missing part for one of the watches. In their quest, they teach Hans a valuable truth.

"The Great Black North" by Giselle Miller
Genre: Drama

The lives of a group Black Canadians interconnect as they try to resolve issues in their families and romantic relationships.

"Georges Creek" by James Shanklin
In the early part of 1921, living in the coal mining town of Georges Creek, everything seemed perfect for the O'Farrell family, but by the summer of that same year, nothing would ever be the same.
"Women's Game" by Gary Blackwood
Genre: Thriller

A young woman vacationing in a wilderness cabin witnesses a murder and is forced to hole up in the attic while the murderer, also a woman, lies in wait below.

"Pact Arcanum" by Arshad Ahsanuddin
Genre: Sci-fi

A mercenary with a psychic gift stumbles into a brewing war between humanity and a hidden society of supernatural beings.

"MIXED SPIRITS 19, April 29, 2022" by Howard Kaplan
Genre: Drama

In 1932 Detroit, a young single mother must confront her visions of danger and death, the gangster father of her baby, the scorn and actions of her church members, and make a public appeal to the City Council to keep her job. If unsuccessful, she will lose everything she loves.

"I'm Your Host" by Joey Miller
A sadistic ex gameshow host forces his victims into a gameshow of his own. A show full of torture, murder and life threatening scenarios.
"The Rains" by Julia Delmedico
During an endless bout of acid rain, two estranged siblings trapped in a New York City apartment are disrupted by an intruder.
"Field Trip" by Klaudio2021 MARTINEZ-VALLE
Genre: Horror

When a school outing goes horribly wrong, introverted teen Valeria must save herself and her obnoxious classmates from a giant man-eating creature who lives in the heart of a sinister forest.

"The Passion of Pauli Murray" by Sean Slater
As aspiring poet Pauli Murray wrestles with gender dysphoria in the 1930s, an attempt to desegregate the University of North Carolina spirals into a lifetime of obsessive activism and the search for love in Jane Crow America.
"Genome" by Nick Marciano
Genre: Horror

A dog finds and consumes a stolen and lost genetically modified virus which sets off a horrific chain of events .

"California" by Adam Seidel
After discovering that his cheating wife is planning on running off with his scum bag brother, a scorned and bitter man decides to take violent action, altering the course of his life, and the lives of those around him, forever.