Writing Award 2022

The Page Turner Writing Award is an international writing contest for new writers to get their writing discovered by literary agents and publishers.

"The Honourable Doctor" by Nick Black

Based on true events, the story of James Lambert, the apothecary who, two hundred years ago, taking on the incompetence and nepotism of the medical establishment, helped change doctors and hospitals forever but died young and reviled. The untold story of the birth of modern health care.

"The Lifeboat Men" by Clare Thorpe

Lifeboat coxswain and local hero Jim Andrews has always commanded respect, that is until the night of his retirement when the events of just one evening threaten more than just his legacy.

"The Florist" by Clare Thorpe

When Julia agrees to mind her older sister’s flower shop, it soon becomes clear that she is expected to do far more than sell bouquets and, while a taste of Carmen’s life seems fun, too much could prove deadly.

"Sapphire Rain" by Kaye Stone
Genre: Memoir

Through seven phases like trusting intuition and speaking truth, I teach how to heal heartache and pain. My inspirational narrative, revisits personal experiences of abuse, teenage pregnancy, divorce, and clairvoyance. My charming touches of humor ease the intensity to a path of redemption.

"Ernie's Bleachers" by Tim Pareti

Based on a true story, Ernie’s Bleachers is a vintage tale of baseball, family, and the American spirit

"Ember" by Claudia Bretag

A street brat, who has a phobia of magic and hatred of mages, must live with and learn to trust a mage to avoid incarceration and condemnation at the hands of those in power.

"The Last Plague" by David Tenenbaum Tenenbaum

When a virus infects the world’s adult population, a single adolescent becomes civilization’s only hope.

"Saint Judas" by rwsmith Smith
Genre: Christian

Reality comes unraveled for Grant Welling when he realizes that the delusions his father, Clay, believed during his battle with Alzheimer's are coming true. Grant's new affections for a woman named Moriah force him to face the uncertain future head-on as he trades his certainty for awe.

"The Rookery" by Edward Pontacoloni
Genre: Fantasy

The DaVinci Code meets cult of the Golden Dawn in an adventurous and intellectually sophisticated exploration of mysticism, the phenomenology of the sixth sense, and the fantastic creatures of cryptozoology in a magical tale of derring-do set in the enchanted forests of the Adirondack Mountains.

"God Quest - God Discovered in Everyday Places" by Carolin Paradis Paradis
Genre: Christian

God Quest–God Discovered in Everyday Places captures in a spotlight profound human stories: experiences of God by ordinary people in everyday places.

"PARSIDUS" by Karin Maatman

“But, sir, what if ET is listening and finds us? Maybe he likes grilled Homo sapiens chops for dinner,” Misha challenges her teacher.
In less than four hours, she’ll find out. The rest of Earth, 74 days later.

"THE SECOND CHOICE" by Karin Maatman

When Earth is reset by aliens, six neurodivergent teens are chosen to survive with an autistic whale-watching boat captain and his marine biologist tour guide.

"Barb" by Lee West West

Father entwines his vulnerable son into a crime spree with comedic consequences and heart warming moments. Dark humour is the core of this story with twists which are not for the faint hearted. The reader will go on a journey of laughter, tears and jaw dropping moments. Comedy Drama at its finest.

"Onward" by Kimberly Mallek

As teens, Maggie and Jake revisit a magic gate they discovered as kids in the hopes of traveling back in time to save Maggie’s dad from dying.

"That Known Darkly" by Vanessa Croft

It's 1885 and 15 year old James O'Collins, underkeeper on a grand estate, is on the brink of a great future. When he is wrongly convicted of a devastating crime, he's banished to a Victorian reformatory. There he must overcome impossible odds to gain his freedom and reclaim what is rightfully his.