An Invitation to Submit a Script Idea

Dear Companions,

Guy Noir is the aging New York gumshoe/shamus/p.i. who relocated years ago to St. Paul and the 12th floor of the Acme Building where, in between visits to the Five Spot cocktail lounge and its bartender/psychologist Jimmy, and phone calls from his ex-girlfriend Sugar, he waits for the phone to ring and another client to come forth, one with a big need, not just some shnook with a missing brooch.

Okay, you know all that. What you don't know is that Ben Dover, Minnesota Public Radio's Executive Vice-President for Programming Quality, has given the Guy Noir writing staff an ultimatum: better stories, edgier, ramped up drama, media savvy and in-crowd friendly, with better branding and enhanced comedic values and more visibility among people 18-35.

The G.N. writing staff has not a clue what this memo means, especially the part about "branding" and "visibility," and so we're asking you, the clueful listener --- begging you --- to help out by submitting your original one-page outline of a Guy Noir story. The story MUST include at least three weather metaphors ---- It was so (cold, hot, beautiful) that, etc. ---- and five Gorgeous Broad images --- Her jeans were so tight I could read the date on her underwear, etc. ---- and the outline of a story. And of course it must be edgy and savvy and ramped-up and all the rest.

Winning scripts may be incorporated into an upcoming broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion. Writers of winning scripts will receive $100 and a copy of Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, autographed to a person of your choice.

Entry Form

USE THIS FORM to submit your script. You may also email your entry to phc@mpr.org, or send it via U.S. mail to A Prairie Home Companion, Attn: Guy Noir Script Writing Contest, Minnesota Public Radio, 45 E. Seventh St., St. Paul, MN 55101.

Be sure to include all required information with your entry (see below) and to read the fine print. Persons must be older than 13 to participate.

Submissions must be original. A Prairie Home Companion may use your entry on the air, on the Web, or in print.

Note: there is currently no deadline for this contest. Scripts will be accepted until this web page is removed from our web site.

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FINE PRINT
By submitting a script, contestants agree that, should the script be selected for use on A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor retains absolute ownership and exclusive right, title and interest in and to the copyright for the monologue or script which incorporates material or ideas from the submitted script.
 
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