Twenty-one websites that will pay you to write for them
You'd like to get paid to write online, but many websites are looking for contributors with experience. If you don't have significant experience, what can you do?
Good news! There are a lot of websites, small and large, that will pay you regardless of experience. If you've ever looked at a greeting card and thought, "I could do that," written a poem or short fiction, thought you could do a better job on a research based article than what you've read online, are an expert hobbyist or more, you could be earning hundreds or thousands in extra income a year.
Below is a list of 22 sites that pay for your writing. It isn't comprehensive, but is merely meant to provide a wide range of examples of聽. Use it as a guide to help you find many more sites that will pay you, too!
1. ADDitude
聽is an online magazine is devoted to providing strategies and support for people who are living with ADHD and other learning disabilities. Though they typically accept guest contributions from journalists and mental health professionals, they are also looking for writings from lay people who have personal experience with ADHD and other learning disabilities. Articles should be no more than 2000 words, and payment amount is calculated based on many factors including length, and experience with the topic.
2. Alive Now
The bi-monthly devotional magazine聽聽will pay a minimum of $35 for a submission that is accepted. They provide the themes, which can help you structure your submission.
3. BabyFit
Owned by SparkPeople, a popular online preventative healthcare website,聽聽focuses on fitness and nutrition when pregnant and as a parent. If you can write a well-researched article between 500 and 1200 words, you may be interested in submitting one to this site. They pay contributors between $25 and $90 for their expertise.
4. Blue Mountain Arts
If you can write contemporary prose or poetry focusing on personal experience, check out聽. This greeting card company will pay you $300 for exclusive rights to your poem, or $50 for one time use in a book.
5. Classic Toy Trains
Obsessed with toy trains? Could you write about them? Well,聽聽accepts articles on this very topic and they pay $75 per page.
6. Chicken Soup for the Soul
, which is also responsible for the best-selling books with that same name, will pay you $200 for an "inspirational, true story or poem about ordinary people having extraordinary experiences," or $100 for a devotional. Submissions should be no more than 1200 words in length.
7. Comstock
Adult humor greeting card company聽聽is looking for ideas and will pay you $50 for each one accepted.
8. Developer Tutorials
If you're knowledgeable about computer programming and design, and can write a tutorial, this website might be for you.聽聽is looking for list-based articles and will pay for accepted contributions. The rate depends on many factors, such as length and quality of the tutorial, as well as the demand for your particular lesson.
9. Fantus Paper Products
Their greeting card division,聽., which manufactures "everyday" greeting cards and has an extensive Christmas program, is accepting submissions to be featured on their rack and box set cards. Compensation is decided on a case-by-case basis.
10. FineScale Modeler Magazine
If you enjoy building or know a lot about model airplanes, cars, ships, etc. then you could earn some extra money writing about them at聽. This magazine pays for articles between 750鈥�2500 words, and the payment amount is based on the length of the article.
11. Girl's Life
If you have a daughter, sister, niece, or female friend who is younger than 18 and likes to write, create poetry, or short fiction, she can earn money if her submission to聽聽is accepted. Payment amount is decided on a case-by-case basis.
12. Glimmer Train
聽has been devoted to discovering new writers since 1990 and pays up to $700 for first publication rights for accepted stories.
13. High Country News
聽is a non-profit magazine focusing on the American West ("people, politics, culture, and aesthetic values"). If you like writing on these topics, they will pay you .50 to $1.50 per word (yes, per word) depending on your writing experience and their experience with you. If a submission is accepted and they decide not to run it, you will receive a 25% kill fee (a percentage of what you would have received had the article run).
14. Oatmeal Studios
This greeting card company is looking for humorous greeting card ideas, so if you have a knack for that, send them to聽. They'll pay $75 for each idea that is accepted.
15. The Hairpin
聽focuses on women and features (mostly) women writers. The topics are varied and wide-ranging, from celebrity culture to tips for creating a great cover letter. They are looking for original, unpublished content, and pay contributors for their work.
16. ReachSelf
If you're inspired by and have personal experience with self-improvement, share your knowledge by writing an article.聽聽is looking for articles about improving the quality of life around such topics as health, beauty, fitness, reaching goals, success and more. Contributors are paid for their accepted submissions and the amount is set on a case by case basis.
17. Smart Alex
Adult humor greeting card company,聽, is looking for submissions that are "funny, edgy, and risque鈥opical, witty, smart, ironic, or sexually suggestive." Compensation is discussed once a submission is accepted.
18. Smithsonian Magazine
Recognized for its libraries devoted to exhibits in in science, art, history, and pop culture,聽will pay authors whose submissions are accepted. Hard numbers are hard to come by, and as you can imagine, they receive a lot of submissions, but it looks like an article could earn up to $1500 for a piece they like.
19. Tales to Go
聽is a paid subscription website and book publisher focusing on stories about travel. They are looking for personal, non-fiction stories and anecdotes, especially to unfamiliar areas. Stories should be between 1000 and 3000 words. Works that are accepted will receive a $50 honorarium.
20. The Secret Place
聽is a quarterly devotional made up exclusively of freelance writers. They pay $20 per accepted meditation devotion which should be about 150-200 words.
21. The Sun
聽is an ad-free paid subscription website that focuses on many aspects of the human experience. They pay contributors anywhere from $300 to $2500 for their work and are looking for essays, interviews, fiction, or poetry. They even throw in a complimentary one-year subscription to their magazine.
This list really is the tip of the iceberg, and many writers, including myself, have had positive experiences and enjoyed the extra income. Let's grow this list. Let me know about your favorite sites in the comments below!
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