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.

"Dust on Dirt" by Adele Smaill
Ensnared in a lethal game of cat and mouse in the wilderness, a young woman forces a small-time smuggler to reckon with his past as she hunts down her would-be killers.
"The Hunting Grounds" by Parker Sack
50,000 years in the past, in the wake of a brutal famine, a tribe sets out on a quest for a new home. Little do they know, they're headed towards something far more dangerous...
"The James King Version" by David Schroeder
Genre: Historical

The true story of one of history’s most remarkable double lives. After blond, blue-eyed Clarence King dined with presidents, scaled mountains, and served as the first director of the U.S. Geological Survey, he successfully posed as an African American Pullman porter to be with the love of his life.

"Simon Son Of Star" by Ronen Tregerman
Genre: Action

When one man raises his sword against the world's biggest empire in a quest to free his land and people, he embarks on an heroic battle against all odds and carves it onto the pages of history for millenniums to come. Part history part legend this 2000 year old tale is a made for Hollywood story.

"Silver" by Ian
Women have been going missing, and the Police are doing nothing about it. With the world going to hell around her, Detective Silver will keep fighting to find the truth.
"Salva" by Aaron Garcia
When an artistic but depressed young boy gets in an accident after the death of his father, he becomes trapped in a surreal coma land inspired by Salvador Dali’s artwork that helps him learn to deal with his grief and encourages him to use his artistic gift.
"Liebe Lise" by Luke Hart-Moynihan
After losing her job and legal status, Austrian-Jewish physicist Lise Meitner struggles to escape 1938 Nazi Germany while her work leads towards an earth-shattering discovery -- nuclear fission, the key to the atomic bomb.
"Trader Bay" by Trey Wickwire
Genre: Adventure

Three hundred years in the future, a young woman carves her way through a world full of pirates, steam engines, and secret societies in order to avoid war.

"The Hazard Room" by Mike Cymanski
When a professional thief’s best friend is murdered by the son of a billionaire during a botched heist, she puts together a team of grifters to create a long con that will destroy him financially and emotionally.
"The Battleground State" by Monte Silver
Genre: Drama

Investigating her sister's murder of a local priest and suicide, a young journalist follows the trail from rural western Pennsylvania to the White House

"You Can’t Hide" by Jessica Miller
Genre: Drama

After attempting to start a new life an ex sex worker’s past comes back to haunt her.

"Animals Outchea: NightLong" by Richard Kanneh
Genre: Drama

A former detective Black lab takes a stroll into the sordid night time habits of a District Attorney mouse as his driver/escort. The night yields many horrors for the ex-cop dog as he is haunted by decisions from both his past and present.

"Mandy's Gone" by Kamila Stopyra
The mysterious disappearance of a diplomat's daughter from a Moroccan hotel prompts both foreigners and locals to push their own agendas.
"Internal Security" by Stefan Alexander
When journalist, Ina, sets out to find missing refugees, she stumbles upon the traces of a political conspiracy stretching from IS- Iraq to the highest echelons of German politics.
"The Guns at Cowra" by Vir Srinivas
In World War II, over 1000 Japanese POWs held in Australia will stop at nothing to flee their captors and uphold their fanatical sense of honour. To stop the reckless and fatal escape attempts, the leader of the Japanese soldiers is driven to orchestrate a daring plan for a mass breakout.
"Mutiny In The Dugout" by Rod Kent
Genre: Comedy

Lured home to his dying father’s bedside, Charlie finds himself at the center of a righteous mutiny by Little League ballplayers while coaching his dad’s team to the Youth League World Series. After a typical day of coaches cursing, booing from the stands, and out-of-control parents fighting in the

"OF ALL THE GAMES" by Ellis Bahl
Against her brother's wishes, a recently disabled young woman finds her calling in the toxic world of esports. When her teammate is SWATTED IRL, she must figure out whodunnit before she ends up the killer's next victim.
"The Law of Talion" by Bob Corley
Genre: Thriller

Small-town technophobic detective pairs with a tech-savvy FBI consultant to investigate a murder, their dissimilar styles clashing as they search for a killer not bound by mortal rules.

"Warrior Warrior - Feature" by Brian Michaels
​Based on a true story, a shy 19-year-old with a physically abusive father finds himself on a path of self-destruction after becoming a male stripper to support his medical school ambitions.
"A 20th Century Odyssey: Return To Zion" by Sarah Cohen
Genre: Drama

בס"ד
2000 years ago Jews were exiled from their land and scattered among the nations of the world, creating the Jewish diaspora. Biblical prophecy promised that in the distant future they would be returned to their land. This is the true story of how one secular Jewish family was "picked up"