I tried this intuit contest where I sent in my own admission. I want to create an online review that covers the work of black writers. There used to be a magazine that did that but it went out of business. I figured out that it wouldn't take more than $6000 dollars to recreate the number and even the quality of reviews that this now defunct magazine -- I think it was Black Issues -- used to do.
I was going to go the Kickstarter route which I may do eventually but this Inuit idea came up so I submitted my idea. What I didn't tell them is that I'm primarily interested in promoting the work of genre writers such as Steven Barnes or Chip Delaney. I could also use the site to review up and coming writers like the people who post here.
So if anyone here wants to help here's the link. If I understand this contest the more votes I get the more likely I'll be selected. So your votes would be appreciated.
You can vote for the idea here:
https://www.facebook.com/intuit/app_280813488703650?app_data=us_showcase_3153
Philip Shropshire
www.threeriversonline.com
PS: I'm a professional reviewer, former newspaper person and prolific freelancer. I'm probably up for the job.
Here's a review that I did that was turned into a podcast, not African American related but it shows my chops:
http://jazropo.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-review-of-thomas-friedmans-world-is.html
And here's a review of "Charisma" (and other books) that I wrote a long time ago for BET, when they gave a frak about books and such.
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