The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards is an annual writing competition founded in 2003 with the stated mission to discover and promote up-and-coming screenwriters from around the world. The contest is judged by Hollywood producers, development executives and representatives who are looking for new projects and new clients. Each year in October, they present 31 awards and more than $50,000 in cash and prizes to the scripts they think are the most creative, well-written, and marketable. Entries are categorized by genre, with winners in each of the 10 sub-competitions vying for a Grand Prize.. Bill Dubuque Awards. Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved January 17, 2021.
After winning the PAGE Awards competition, many screenwriters have signed with agents and managers, obtained TV writing assignments, signed option agreements on their scripts and/or had their films produced.
Some of the PAGE winners who have gone on to build careers in the film and television industry:
Bill Dubuque: Ozark, The Accountant Steven Canals: Pose, Dead of Summer Brooke Roberts: The Flash, NCIS: New Orleans John Scott 3: Maggie, Parable X Jim Cliffe & Melodie Krieger: Donovan's Echo Marc Conklin: Memorial Day Laurie Weltz: About Scout, The Night Swimmer Janet Lin: Bones, The Night Shift Sang Kyu Kim: 24: Live Another Day, The Walking Dead VJ Boyd: Justified, The Player Davah Avena: Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, Grand Hotel Simeon Goulden: Spy, Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Grand Prize Winners 2025: The New Boyfriend by Zach Roe 2024: Mal by Jack Azadi 2023: The Stratford Wife by Sarah E. Sinclair 2022: Thirstygirl by Alexandra Qin 2021: iCon by A. J. Bermudez 2020: Mother Wild by Claire Tailyour 2019: Odyssey by Michael Kogge 2018: Tundra Kill by Kevin Bachar 2017: Jane by Kendell Courtney Klein 2016: Changelings by Diane Hanks 2015: Immaculate by Gareth Smith 2014: Carnival by Matias Caruso 2013: Leavenworth by Brooke Roberts 2012: The Unraveling by Tobin Addington 2011: Escape by Pat White 2010: Supercat! by R. Scott Shields 2009: Progeny by Mehul Desai 2008: Honor Bound by Mike Amato 2007: Solomon's Whale by John Arends 2006: Warmonger, Inc. by Scott LaCagnin 2005: X-Mas Files by Larry Postel 2004: Monkey River by Laurie Weltz & Jay C. Key
In addition, each year Gold, Silver and Bronze Prizes are presented in the following genre categories: Action/Adventure Comedy Drama Family film Historical film Science fiction Thriller/Horror Short film TV Drama pilot TV Comedy pilot
References
External links The official PAGE International Screenwriting Awards website