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Page Turner Awards
Page Turner Screenplay Award
2025
Active Since 2020
Don't miss the chance to get your screenwriting in front of film producers at the Page Turner Screenplay Award in 2025!
Accepting Features, TV Pilots, Shorts, Feature Documentaries, Short Documentaries, Short Stories, Book/Manuscripts, Pitches, and Series Bibles
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Final Deadline is 2 months and 2 weeks from now

About

The Page Turner Screenplay Award is open to all completed scripts and screenplays. Screenplay Award For Film, Short Film, TV Scripts & Book Adaptation.


Find out what's new in 2025 for our Screenplay Contest, which includes cash prizes in US Dollars, plus critiques on your submissions.


As well as winning the TV Series and overall Screenplay Award, Jonny King won literary management from Sean Dubravac from Entertainment Lab. That could be you in the 2025 Screenplay Award!


See PageTurnerAwards.com for the previous 5 year's winners.


Browse through the profiles of our fantastic 2025 Screenplay Award judging panel. Film producers are waiting to see your scripts.


See our judging panel, which includes film producers who are looking to option scripts and produce them: https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-screenplay-award


As well as an overall winner, there will be winners in each screenplay category, which includes documentaries, film, television, and book adaptations.


Visit Our Website if you would like to consider a 10-page critique of your submission and a 10-page script edit of your submission.


Our judges are looking for captivating stories with the potential to be adapted to film. These can be in any genre. Plus, novels that could win a book adaptation prize. This is an opportunity not to be missed!


Check out:


  1. * 2024 Page Turner Award Screenplay Award winners.

* Find out what other screenwriters have to say about Page Turner Awards.

* Visit Our Judges Page to see all our category judges.


Entry Types:

- Feature Film
- Short Film
- TV Series
- Documentary
- Book Adaptation Needed (the winner will win a book adaptation)


Prices & Deadlines

Jun 30th
Final
Feature Film Script
$58.00
TV Film Script
$58.00
Documentaries
$58.00
Books (Published Or Unpublished)
$58.00
Short Film Script
$58.00

Benefits

Benefits Include:

- Place your screenplay in front of film producers

- Win screenwriting prizes
- Use judge's glowing comments when pitching your screenplay

See our success stories.

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Judges

Here's a list of our current 2025 Judges. Please note this list is subject to change when new judges join the judge panel.

Felicity Wren

The Vice President of Development at the ISA, Felicity Wren, is judging the Page Turner Screenplay Award and looking forward to finding screenwriters who have a story to tell and the ability to make it compelling and undeniable. Felicity is thrilled and honored to be part of the judging panel. Originally from London, she studied all areas of performance: writing, directing, acting technique, and script analysis for her Honors and then Master’s Degrees. See more > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/felicity-wren

Lauren Cribb Peacock

Accomplished award-winning producer and #1 Amazon author, Lauren Peacock has always gravitated towards storytelling. She has 12+ years’ experience in fim, TV and digital content. See more > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/lauren-cribb-peacock

Holly Davis

As a young aspiring writer herself, Holly Davis is judging our Young Writer Award. Holly is a YA fantasy author whose debut novel, A Diamond Bright and Broken, comes out on April 2, 2024. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/holly-davis

Kelly Lydick

Publisher, Kelly Lydick, is judging the Page Turner Writing Award, hoping to discover talented new non-fiction writers to publish through Pure Carbon Publishers. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/kelly-lydick

Juan Padron

Venezuelan Marketing Licentiate and Book Cover Designer, Juan Padrón is judging the Page Turner Book Cover Award hoping to find the best book cover. With more than 10 years of experience in cover Juan focuses on Horror, Suspense, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Dystopia, Crime, and Thriller designs. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/juan-padron

Ran Walker

Ran Walker is judging the Page Turner Awards Book Award for published authors. Ran (he/him) is an award-winning author and filmmaker, who has written over 30 books. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/ran-walker

Maya Grimley

Blogger and podcaster and reviewer of books, Maya Grimley, is judging the Page Turner Young Writer Award. She is a blogger and podcaster who reviews all kinds of books and movies. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/maya-grimley

Kristie Long

Literary Agent, Kirstie Long, is judging the Page Turner Writing Award in the hope of finding new writers to represent! Associate Agent Kirstie Long worked behind the scenes with Annette at A for Authors for three years before taking up the Associate Agent Role. She has signed four new and exciting writers in 2021 in the Crime and Historical genres. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/kirstie-long

Gale Winskill

Gale Winskill is judging the Page Turner Writing Award in search of exciting, new voices and original storylines. She has over 30 years of publishing experience in the UK and abroad. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/gale-winskill

Lalitha Ravindran

Lalitha Ravindran is the founder of First Forays Literary Agency, and is judging the Page Turner Writing Award in the hope of finding new writers to represent. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/lalitha-ravindran

Jenny Rarden

Experienced editor, Jenny Rarden is judging the Page Turner Book Award (for published books) and our Writing Award (for unpublished manuscripts) and is excited to be involved with this unique international writing contest. She's been a freelance fiction book editor for 10 years, and she's been writing, reading, and editing fan fiction since 2008. In the fan fiction community, she's been involved with nearly a dozen contests, both as a writer and a judge. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/jenny-rarden

Ruth Millington

Award-winning writer and adventure world traveller, Ruth Millington, is judging the Page Turner Book Award and hoping to find authors who have gripping storylines in their contest submissions See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/ruth-millington

Ganesh Vancheeswaran

Editor, Ganesh Vancheeswaran is judging the 2024 Page Turner Writing Award to discover some talented new writers. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/ganesh-vancheeswaran-writing-award-judge

Tina Sequeira

Tina Sequeira, an award-winning author, founder of the Write Away Workshop and marketer, is judging the international Page Turner Book Award hoping to discover talented authors. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/tina-sequeira

Rick Holland

Rick Holland is judging the Page Turner Book Award for Best Book Cover and hoping to see compelling covers that draw readers in. Rick is the owner of Vision Press. He has been designing for over 20 years and has been creating book covers for over 10 years. Rick also has 5 years of professional marketing experience. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/rick-holland

Tracy Stewart

Tracy Stewart will be judging the Page Turner Awards Writing Mentorship Award, offering a writing mentorship prize to authors and writers. Tracy is a book coach, developmental editor, ghostwriter, and fiction author. She's passionate about helping to bring untold and underrepresented stories and experiences to the world. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/tracy-stewart

Lauren Carr

International bestselling author, Lauren Carr, is judging the Page Turner Book Award hoping to discover talented writers for her book tour business, iRead Book Tours. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/lauren-carr

Ginger Liu

Film producer, Ginger Liu, is judging the Page Turner Awards Screenplay Award for screenwriters who want to place their screenplays in front of film producers. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/ginger-liu

Falguni Jain

Falguni Jain is judging the Page Turner Awards international writing contest. She is an editor and writing consultant. But, most importantly, she is a compulsive reader, who loves to live in the fantasy world of fiction. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/falguni-jain

Melissa Hope

Melissa Hope is judging the Page Turner Young Writer Award and is the author of SEA OF KINGS, an award-nominated children's fantasy. Melissa helps aspiring writers improve their craft and connect with the writing community through her free writing tutorials. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/melissa-hope

Pulane Chaka

Pulane (Laney) Chaka is judging Page Turner Awards Book Award for aspiring authors who are looking for their published work to be recognized by industry professionals. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/pulane-chaka

Charlotte Valentine

Author Charlotte Valentine is judging the Page Turner Book Award. After studying Law in London, Charlotte moved into the corporate world where she was a Managing Director in Investment. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/charlotte-valentine

William M Akers

Author of Your Screenplay Sucks! 100 Ways to Make It Great, William M. Akers, a WGA Lifetime Member, is judging the Page Turner Screenplay Award hoping to discover talented screenwriters. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/william-m-akers

Barri Evins

Working film producer and former industry executive with decades of experience, Barri Evins is judging the Screenplay Award in the hope of finding new screenwriting talent. See More > https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-judges/barri-evins

Writer Success

Page Turner very kindly introduced me to Sean Dubravac at Entertainment Lab, who is now representing my sitcom pilot GIFTED and doing a fantastic job, attaching talent and pitching it to production companies.
Jonny King
2021 Winner
Signed with Sean Dubravac at Entertainment Lab
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2024 Winners on Coverfly

Top 8%
TV Script  · Sci-fi  · 60 Pages
After a meteor strikes a base on Mars, Julius Favalli defies orders and explores a cave where he discovers an alien genetic research lab. He investigates the mines’ history and uncovers the reasons for the aliens' attack on the previous human colony.
Notre-dame Des Prairies, Québec, CA
Scriptwriting training from Cinecours, creative writing training from Ottawa School of Writing. Intense training in scriptwriting from Telefilm Canada and National Image and Sound Institution. Like many of my characters, I have a hybrid cultural identity. I speak and write French, Italian, and Atikamekw, an indigenous dialect. My co-author and I ...
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Top 1%
Feature  · Thriller  · 100 Pages
When a grieving doctor forebodes the gruesome murder of a novelist who received his dead wife’s heart, he must confront the limits of his sanity as he races to find the killer and stop the murder before it happens on Halloween.
Shiva Ramanathan discovered the magic of storytelling when an egg hit him squarely during his stage debut. It kickstarted an adventure even Indiana Jones would admire. From a degree in Communication to community theater, Shiva discovered a companion in writing through life’s exhilarating highs and soul-crushing lows. While his screenplays have garn...
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Top 1%
Feature  · Horror  · 96 Pages
Seizing a career-making opportunity, a troubled but talented jewelry designer finds herself in a fight for her life when an influencer retreat in the High Desert takes a sinister turn. THE CRAFT meets YOU’RE NEXT
Los Angeles, CA
Sasha Kai is a 'neurospicy' writer, producer and former techie, who channels her varied life experience - as a blue collar kid in rural Ohio, a religious cult defector, a lobbyist & political organizer in DC, and as a tech exec & startup co-founder - into dynamic, underdog characters and genre-bending tales. Sasha's stories spotlight those who are ...
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Announcements

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Nov 20th
Winners

Rules

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Please visit our website for all rules: https://pageturnerawards.com/2025-screenplay-award