Verb Noire is a worthy start-up whose mission is stated as: "We are looking for original works of genre fiction (science fiction/fantasy/mystery/romance) that feature a person of color and/or LGBT as the central character."
It ends tonight at midnight, ET. I wish I could buy tix but as someone who helped put together the event I cannot. But YOU can. It's just a $1 and a dream (I know I know--winning a signed book or a partial ms by Peter Straub or Jack Ketchum is not exactly the same as winning $10 million in the NY lottery--but hey, your chances are much much better).