The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards is an annual writing competition founded in 2003 with the stated mission to discover and promote up-and-coming

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s from around the world. The contest is judged by

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producers Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

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s and representatives who are looking for new projects and new clients. In October of each year, they present 31 awards and a total of over $50,000 in cash and prizes to the scripts they deem most original, well written and viable. Entries are categorized by

genre Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other for ...

, 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 Talent agent, agents and managers, obtained TV writing assignments, signed option agreements on their scripts and/or had their films produced, including Bill Dubuque, Steven Canals and

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. Some of the PAGE winners who have gone on to build careers in the film and television industry: * Bill Dubuque: ''

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'', '' The Accountant'' * Steven Canals: ''

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'', '' NCIS: New Orleans'' * John Scott 3: ''

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'', ''Parable X'' * Jim Cliffe & Melodie Krieger: '' Donovan's Echo'', ''The Haleo Protocol'' * Marc Conklin: ''

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'' * Laurie Weltz: ''

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'', ''The Night Swimmer'' * Janet Lin: ''

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'', '' 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 ''Kevin (Probably) Saves the World'' (stylized as ''Kevin ^Probably Saves the World'') is an American high-concept angelic-themed fantasy comedy-drama television series that was created and executive produced by Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters fo ...

'', ''

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'' * Simeon Goulden: ''

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Grand Prize Winners

* 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

* 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, Gold, Silver and Bronze Prizes are presented in the following genre categories: * Action/Adventure *

Comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

Family film A children's film, or family film, is a film genre that contains children or relates to them in the context of home and family. Children's films are made specifically for children and not necessarily for a general audience, while family films are ...

Historical film A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swa ...

Science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

* Thriller/ Horror *

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References

External Links

The official PAGE International Screenwriting Awards website
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