page turner writing awards international writing contest

Have Your Writing Discovered By Industry Professionals!

Connecting authors (in our Book Award), screenwriters (in our Screenplay Award) and writers (in our Writing Award)
with industry professionals.

page turner writing awards international writing contest for all writers

International Writing Awards Open!

Closes 30 Jun 2025!

Enter your writing in 2025 to win US$6000 in cash prizes.

Enter 2025 Awards

Check all 2024 results.

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Book Award

Win prizes worth £40K. Hundreds of authors have previously won prizes.

Book Award

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Screenplay Award

Have your script optioned for film or win an LA literary manager.

Screenplay Award

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Writing Award

Literary agents & publishers looking for writers, plus win a writing mentorship prize.

Writing Award

The Benefits of Entering Our Contest

Recognition


Our writing contest exposes your work to a wider audience, including agents, publishers, and other industry professionals. Being shortlisted leads to valuable connections and opportunities. Winning or placing can open doors and build your reputation.

Success Stories

Invaluable Feedback


Our writing contest offers professional feedback from experienced editors and judges. This feedback can be invaluable in identifying your strengths and weaknesses as a writer, helping you refine your craft and elevate your writing to the next level. New for 2024, see your submission scores.

See Your Scores

Confidence Boost


Winning or placing well in our writing competition is a significant confidence boost for any writer. It can provide validation of your skills and talent, motivating you to continue writing and pursuing your artistic goals. Most of our writers experience a huge boost!

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Meet Some Of Our Judges!

We have a prestigious judging panel of successful authors, literary agents, publishers and film producers waiting to judge your creative work.
See all our judges

As a young aspiring writer herself, Holly Davis is judging our 2025 Young Writer Award

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 with Inimitable Books, LLC. She started her writing journey as a child, often drawing the book cover

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Producer's rep and experienced screenwriter, Robin Kaczmarczyk is judging the Page Turner Screenplay in the hope of finding talented screenwriters to place their screenplays in front of producer Omar Kaczmarczyk.
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.
Patricia Fors, the Founder of Muse Literary, a small independent traditional publisher based in Chicago, Illinois, is judging the Page Turner Writing Award hoping to find new writers to publish!
Tracy Stewart will be judging the Page Turner Awards Writing Mentorship Award, offering a writing mentorship prize to authors and writers.
As a young aspiring writer herself, Holly Davis is judging our 2025 Young Writer Award
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.
Melissa Hope is judging the 2022 Page Turner Young Writer Award.
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.
Blogger and podcaster and reviewer of books, Maya Grimley, is judging the Page Turner Young Writer Award 2024

See What Our Writers Say About Our Contest...

  • Page Turner Writing Award 2021

    The 2021 Writing Award was an invaluable experience that helped me improve my technical skills and...

  • This is real help to those pursuing a writing career

    I never considered myself a writer as I still cannot type (even emailing takes too long); however...

  • Page Turner Awards create winners.

    In 2020, I thought about entering the Page Turner Awards, but my work wasn't quite ready and I didn...

  • What a year!!

    Wow! A rollercoaster of emotions as I placed 15 submissions into this competition and then...the...

  • Page Turner Awards Gets Involved

    Participating in The Page Turner Awards 2020 has been a wonderful experience. To be able to display...

  • Great way to get seen!

    I'm so grateful that writing competitions like The Page Turner Awards exist. Paula and Ken support...

  • Valid Feedback in Plus Package Critique

    Thank you very much for the critique you emailed over yesterday, it is a super help and insight into...

  • Great Pitch Course Packed With Info

    Thanks for creating the Perfect Your Pitch course which was packed with information. It was very...

  • Finalist

    I am so delighted to be one of your finalists - how very exciting! I look forward to communicating...

  • "Growing Up Gay Stories"

    A sincere Thank You to Paula and the Page Turner Awards team for finding the courage to bring...

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Great New Awards in Our 2025 Writing Contest

New To All Writers At The 2024 Page Turner Awards