Get Paid to Write: 37 Platforms to Earn Money in 2023

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37 Platforms to Get Paid to Write

ZipRecruiter

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ZipRecruiter matches applicants to available jobs using its proprietary AI-powered technology. Since it was founded in 2010, the company has helped over 110 million job seekers find work opportunities in over 2 million hiring organizations. 

You can find freelance, remote, and online writing jobs through ZipRecruiter:

• Create a profile that has your personal and professional details
• Upload your resume
• Apply to the writing jobs with a one-click process

Access to ZipRecruiter as a job seeker is free. Remuneration varies according to the job details and employer. 

FlexJobs

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FlexJobs is a leading platform for finding jobs in different categories in the US. You can find remote and contractor jobs on this platform too. Resumes are not required to find jobs on FlexJobs. 

How to get jobs on FlexJobs:

• Create a profile in about 1 minute
• Apply to the jobs by sending your profile

All jobs posted on FlexJobs are confirmed to be legit. Companies that post jobs create profiles where they share details that could influence your decision to apply for posted jobs. 

You can search for jobs directly or apply from the list of openings the FlexJobs team sends to you. FlexJobs also has skill test options for showcasing your skill level. 

Access to FlexJobs is not free. You can buy monthly, quarterly, or yearly memberships at $14.95, $29.95, and $49.95 respectively. Terms and conditions, as well as salaries and wages, differ according to the job and are shared accordingly. 

FlexJobs membership pricing

Type	Cost
Monthly	$14.95
Quarterly	$29.95
Yearly	$49.95

Upwork

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Upwork is a platform that offers the opportunity to create freelancer and agency profiles and connect with clients from all over the world. It’s one of the well-established freelancing platforms globally. 

You can create a freelancer platform to offer writing services and get paid to write. Earnings as a writer on Upwork vary based on your skill level and experience. Clients tend to pay more for highly skilled and experienced writers. 

Access to Upwork is free, but you will need Connects to bid for jobs. You get 40 free connects for your new account and 10 connects every month. Although access to Upwork is free, the platform charges a 20% commission fee.  

Upwork has several impressive features:

• Access to global clients
• Free connects for bidding jobs
• Escrow payment protection and time tracker
• Set you’re your fees
• No subscription fees

According to Glassdoor, freelance writers on Upwork earn on average $21 per hour. However, freelance writers’ hourly rates range from $3 to $109 based on their skills and experience. 

Fiverr

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Fiverr is similar to Upwork as it is a freelancing platform that provides access to clients from all over the world. Writing is one of the many categories of services you can offer on Fiverr.

You can write for clients on Fiverr after you create a profile. As someone that offers digital services on Fiverr, a seller, you can create a gig where you highlight the specific service you offer and the cost. 

Apart from the basic gigs you create, you can create custom offers based on specific clients’ needs and requirements. You can also upsell your gigs by offering add-on services and browse clients’ requests to offer your services. 

Getting paid to write on Fiverr involves:

• Creating an account and setting up your profile
• Creating gigs
• Browsing clients’ requests
• Receiving orders
• Completing orders and delivering them

Freelancer

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Freelancer is another freelancer marketplace for offering different categories of services. You can get paid to write on Freelancer after you create a profile and highlight the specific services you offer.

After you create a Freelancer profile, you get to apply to projects that apply to your skills, experience, and profile. 

Clients from all over the globe can engage your services and pay you to write, according to your set fees or based on details peculiar to the project.

Access to Freelancer is free, but a 20% commission fee applies to your earnings. 

Legiit

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Legiit is a freelancing platform for digital services, similar to Fiverr and Upwork. This platform, which was founded in 2018, focuses on search engine optimization (SEO) related services. As such, you can offer content writing services on Legiit, and get paid to write. 

Like Fiverr, when you offer services on Legiit, you are known as a seller. You get to offer specific tasks as services, just like on Fiverr, and set your desired prices. 

Since it is a newer platform than Fiverr and Upwork, the competition is less stiff.

Unlike other freelancing platforms that charge 20% service fee, Legiit only charges 15%. 

Medium

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Writing on Medium is worth considering as a means of getting paid to write. Getting paid to write on Medium is possible through the partner program.

Getting on the partner program requires meeting eligibility criteria such as:

• Publish a story on Medium
• Have at least 100 followers
• Stay active for at least six months

After you meet the criteria, apply to the program, get accepted, and start to earn. As a participant of the partner program, you meter your stories as you publish them and earn according to the reader count. 

Your payout depends on multiple factors such as daily views and reading time, amongst others. On average, you can expect to earn $15 to $20 per 1,000 views.

You can also make money on Medium by referring paid readers. This is an option for making 50% of the membership fee. 

Fantasy and Science Fiction 

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Fantasy & Science Fiction accepts fiction submissions from freelance writers. You can submit your manuscript electronically according to the standard guidelines of the magazine. 

You can also mail your manuscript to the magazine, with your name on each page and a self-addressed stamped envelope. 

Fantasy & Science Fiction requires that you read the magazine before submitting a manuscript. If your manuscript is accepted, you’ll get paid between 8 and 12 cents per word. 

The magazine buys North American and foreign serial rights as well as anthology rights options. You get to keep all other rights. This magazine publishes stories of up to 25,000 and prefers character-oriented stories in genres such as humor, horror, and fantasy. 

Wanderlust

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You could get paid to write for Wanderlust, either the website or magazine. Opportunities for publishing on any of these platforms are limited. The competition is stiff because pieces are typically commissioned to established journalists and travel writers. 

To write for Wanderlust, you are required to send a proposal. 

Wanderlust pays £220 for 1,000 words of magazine feature and £90 for a page of fact pages. 

Submit a proposal via email to [email protected] highlighting details such as:

• A one-paragraph proposal outline
• Proposed first paragraph of the piece
• Details of relevant experience such as cuttings of published pieces
• Brief details of the trips, including the tour operators. 

Wanderlust typically replies to proposals within 8 weeks and could accept proposals from first-time writers. 

Vibrant Life

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Vibrant Life is a bimonthly magazine that publishes articles for a Christian audience to achieve physical, mental, and spiritual balance. The magazine accepts submissions of completed articles focused on a single topic.

Submitted articles should also be:

• Written with a positive, holistic approach
• Focused on readers’ benefits 

The articles can be feature articles of not up to 1,000 words or short articles of between 450 and 650 words.  

You are required to submit articles with details such as mailing address, email address, and phone number. You are also required to share the kinds of rights you will be offering.  

Vibrant Life pays between $100 and $300 for each article, with the specific payment dependent on factors such as overall quality and application of proper resources.  

Country Magazine

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You can submit articles to Country Magazine and get paid to write. The reader-written magazine publishes photos and stories about trips taken in the US. 

You get to choose from any of the topics the magazine is to focus on in future issues and submit related photos and stories. Simply share your stories or photos, and the magazine will edit the word count and other features as required. 

Country Magazine did not highlight the rates for submitted articles. Thus, the payment structure could differ and be subject to negotiable. 

Guideposts 

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Guideposts publishes true stories written in a first-person narrative. These stories focus on a person that surmounted peculiar obstacles, with the story focusing on that period. 

This magazine publishes stories with a spiritual point that readers could apply to their lives. 

To get published on Guideposts, you have to study the magazine to understand how stories are told to connect with the readers. 

Guidepost submission details include:

• Full-length articles are about 1,500 words long
• You get paid after your full-length story is accepted to be published
• Guideposts does not publish fiction, essays, or sermons.   

Clarkesworld Magazine

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Clarkesworld Magazine publishes interviews, audio fiction, short stories, and articles, as a fantasy and science fiction magazine. 

For fiction submissions, the word limit is between 1,000 to 22,000 words on fantasy and science fiction genres. The magazine pays 12 cents per word and claims rights such as first print rights, first world electronic rights, and non-exclusive anthology rights. 

The magazine accepts submissions through an online submission process and not by email or mailing. 

For non-fiction submissions:

• The word limits for Clarkesworld Magazine is 2,500 with a pay rate of 10 cents per word 
• The non-fiction pieces are also in the fantasy and science fiction genres 

Non-fiction submissions should be made as queries. Send a query letter to  [email protected] with the subject header NONFICTION QUERY: [title or concept].

High Country News

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HighCountry News is a nonprofit magazine that publishes monthly content and pieces to tell the Western United States story. The magazine accepts pitches from a diverse range of writers. 

High Country News magazine accepts: 

• Reportage
• News
• Analysis
• Features
• Essays
• Perspectives
• Op-eds
• Reviews

For reportage, news, and analysis, the magazine accepts pieces between 800 words and 2,100 words and pays 25 cents and $1.50 per word with a kill fee of 25%.

For features, High Country News currently has a limited funding due to the COVID-19 pandemic and helps freelance writers get external funding. Features are typically between 2,800 to 10,000 words. 

The magazine accepts essay submissions of between 750 and 800 words and pays a flat fee of $400. Op-eds are of similar length, and the pay rate is considered case by case. 

MotorHome

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MotorHome is a monthly newsletter that publishes content for RV enthusiasts. You can submit manuscripts, and get paid to write for the newsletter. The newsletter publishes pieces with an active and lively voice. 

To write for MotorHome, query a story via email to get accepted. MotorHome publishes travel articles, technical/DIY articles, and lifestyle articles. 

The newsletter does not buy articles that have been published elsewhere. MotorHome buys manuscripts with nonexclusive electronic rights and first North American rights. 

Queries are replied with 60 days and payments made within four to six weeks. The rates for manuscripts with photos range from $500 to $700 for major travel to $100 for crossroads. 

Payment for MotorHome submissions:

Niche	Payment
Major Travel	$500 – $700
Getaway	$400 – $500
Crossroads	$100
Personality	$400 – $500
Technical	$500 – $900
Do-It-Yourself	$400 – $600

The newsletter also pays for supplemental photos at rates that range from $500 to $600 for cover photos to $50 for spot photos.   

Power for Living

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Power for Living magazine publishes material for a Christian audience with a particular focus on ordinary and famous Christians leading exemplary lives. The magazine also publishes on family-related issues, spiritual trends, and unique ministries. 

Power for Living submission details:

• The magazine accepts submissions of between 1,400 and 1,600 words and pays a flat fee of $375
• You can also make shorter submissions, ranging from 750 to 1,000 words, and get paid a flat fee of $125 if the article is submitted  

Paddling Magazine

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Paddling Magazine accepts submissions from writers and photographers. The magazine accepts photos and articles on investigative stories on paddling issues; paddling activities, events, and regions; and adventure travel pieces, amongst others. 

To pitch a piece for the magazine, send a picture with details such as:

• 200-word summary
• Catchy headline
• Proposed word count
• Links to a previously published piece if you’ve not written 

Your pitch should also be focused on the specific subject and not a general topic

The magazine publishes features of between 1,500 and 3,000 words and shorter articles of about 400 to 1,000 words. Paddling Magazine responds to submissions within 6 to 8 weeks and pays on a per case basis. 

The Sun Magazine

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The Sun Magazine currently accepts submissions in the form of Letters to the Editor; essays, fiction, and poetry; and Readers’ Write. 

You can make all submissions online through an online submission system or by mail. We did not find details on remuneration on submissions made to the magazine, and the payment could be on a case-by-case basis. 

The Nation

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The Nation accepts submissions of liberal opinions on national and international affairs in the form of comments and articles. The comments are about 750 words long, while the articles are between 1,500 and 2,500 words. 

This weekly journal also accepts investigative reports of between 2,000 and 6,000 words. You can submit queries through an online form

Salon

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Salon is an independent publication that covers news and politics on science and health, entertainment, and food. 

The publication accepts submissions, queries, and pitches on categories such as:

• News and politics
• Food
• Life stories
• Culture
• Salon talks and salon TV

Send queries, pitches, and submissions directly to the relevant editors. For life stories, for example, send completed drafts to [email protected]. 

Reader’s Digest

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Reader’s Digest accepts one-time 100-word true stories. To get paid to write for this print magazine, send in a 100-word true story about yourself.

Editors go through submissions and accept suitable ones to publish in the print magazine and, occasionally, online. If your submission is accepted, you get a one-time payment of $100. 

Go through published pieces to improve your chances of getting accepted. You can make submissions through the online form on the website.

The Quiet Hour

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The Quiet Hour is a Christian publication that you could write for and get paid. The publication focuses on devotionals that are published per quarter. You could get a contract to write multiple devotionals, up to 7. 

Devotionals from The Quiet Hour follow a basic outline made up of an anecdote, insights based on scripture, a quotation, and a prayer. 

You can apply to get a devotional contract, write 7 devotionals, and get paid a flat fee of at least $115. The overall pay you get for writing devotionals is dependent on the experience.  

Devozine

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Devozine is another Christian publication that can pay you to write devotionals. The bi-monthly devotional magazine is a publication of The Upper Room and pays writers for weekend feature articles and daily meditations.

Pieces published in this magazine are scripture-based, and the editors recommend clear incorporation of scriptures. 

Devozine submission details:

• Meditations are typically between 100 and 250 words
• Weekend features are longer
• You can get paid up to $25 for daily meditations and up to $100 for the long weekend features 

LightHouse

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The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in San Francisco accepts submissions from blind writers on a paid, freelance basis. 

This publication focuses on pieces that share first-person stories on under-appreciated and misunderstood aspects of blindness. 

Lighthouse publishes first-person stories such as: 

• Travel writing
• Personal essays
• Commentary
• Arts writing
• Specific advice

The publication accepts submissions in their different forms, from fully completed to pitches. 

The publication pays a flat fee of $100 for personal essays. The payment for longer essays and particularly ambitious pieces could be negotiable per piece.  

Porthole Cruise Magazine

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Porthole Cruise Magazine publishes stories related to items that are cruise-passenger accessible. The magazine accepts submissions that address subjects from a different angle. 

Submission details:

• You can submit queries to the magazine through email. 
• You are required to be familiar with the magazine and share your details about your professional experience as a writer when making submissions. 
• The magazine typically accepts submissions within 6 to 8 weeks. 

Porthole Cruise Magazine pays writers on a freelance basis. Payments are on a per contract basis and are made after submissions are accepted.  

DRAFT Magazine

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DRAFT Magazine accepts queries from freelance writers, and you can get paid to write for the magazine. 

This magazine publishes beer-centric content as well as content on other related aspects. 

To contribute to DRAFT Magazine, you have to:

• Submit a formal query
• Receive an acceptance of your pitch
• Get assigned a topic by a DRAFT Magazine editor

The magazine does not accept already published or fully completed articles. Payment is on a per-contract basis and made after the piece is accepted. DRAFT Magazine gives feedback on queries within 4 weeks of submission. 

iWorkWell

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You can apply to work with iWorkWell as a subject matter expert and write instructional articles for money. To get paid to write, you can write articles based on clear outlines or rewrite existing articles.

The requirements for writing for iWorkWell include:

• About 10 to 20 years HR experience
• At least a Bachelor’s degree
• Microsoft Word proficiency
• Proven business communication skills 

You get paid between $115 to $195 per article you write from the scratch, depending on the quality. When you review articles, you get paid between $20 to $75. The company also offers bonuses for quality work. 

Application to write for iWorkWell is through an online questionnaire that can be completed within 4 minutes. 

Girls’ Life

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Girls’ Life publishes entertaining, educative, and informative content for girls all over the world. You can contribute to the publication when you sign up as an intern. You can also send in your unique stories to get featured on Girls’ Life. 

The magazine and publication share content on categories like: 

• Fitness
• Beauty
• Fashion
• Life
• Inspiration
• Guides

Payments are on a per-contract basis.

GL is always looking for interesting, inspiring stories about real girls — that means you, your sister, your BFF, or even your biz!

Italian America

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Italian America is a magazine targeted at people of Italian heritage living in the US. The magazine accepts submissions of feature stories, fiction, and one-paged articles from freelance writers. 

Here are the Italian America submission details:

• Feature stories: Between 900 to 1,500 words long. These stories should have between 3 and 5 digital pictures, and the magazine pays $400 per piece. These pieces focus on Italian Americans with themes such as history, achievements, and travel.
• One-page articles: Have 2 to 3 accompanying pictures and are between 500 words and 650 words. You earn $150 per one-page article. 
• Italian America pays $50 for fiction stories that are between 500 and 650 words. These stories are usually translated to Italian and are expected to have Italian elements.  

Colorado Life Magazine

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Colorado Life Magazine publishes life in Colorado with content including travel, food, history, and nature. The magazine publishes bi-monthly and accepts queries from freelance writers. 

Colorado Life Magazine submission details:

• The length of materials ranges from 100 to 400 words for writing submitted to departments and 400 to 3,000 words for feature stories. 
• You can query ideas through email, and payments are negotiated on a per-contract basis. 

Alaska Magazine

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Alaska Magazine publishes content based on life in Alaska. The magazine publishes on themes such as wildlife, people, events, and places. 

You can pitch an idea or send a completed article via email to the magazine. The magazine accepts submissions with or without photos. 

If you’ve never written for the magazine, you are required to send a published and unpublished article or two unpublished articles.

The magazine pays on a per piece basis, with the sections running from 500 to 800 words and features running from 1,200 words to 3,000 words. Submissions should be based on assigned themes because the magazine assigns themes for different months and periods. 

For example, the theme for October is people, while the theme for September is food.  

Transitions Abroad

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Transitions Abroad is a publication that shares practical guides on travel, work, life, and study abroad. The publication accepts submissions from freelance travel writers. 

Before you submit articles to Transitions Abroad, you are required to be familiar with the editorial style. 

You can submit articles of length ranging from 1,250 to 3,000+ words

Payment is negotiable but generally ranges between $100 to $150. 

Experienced writers can send submissions, while first-time writers need to send queries. 

Great Escape Publishing

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Great Escape Publishing accepts submissions for articles focused on how to make money from travel. The publication also shares craft articles. 

Here are the submission details:

• The publication accepts submissions that range from 300 to 600 words. 
• Great Escape Publishing pays $150 for personal stories, articles, and interviews.
• You can send submissions through mail or emails. 

The publication does not always reply to submissions except they are to be used. 

Travel + Leisure 

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Travel + Leisure focuses on content that inspires readers to discover the best travel experience. This publication accepts publications from writers and is constantly seeking fresh ideas from writers and content creators.

The publication pays up to $1 per word, and the pay is generally negotiable. 

Chicken Soup for the Soul

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Chicken Soup for the Soul accepts inspirational true stories that are based on the extraordinary experiences of seemingly ordinary people. 

To publish stories and poems for Chicken Soup for the Soul:

• You can submit stories and poems through the website
• The publication pays $200 per piece 
• Payments are made within a month of publication

AARP The Magazine

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AARP The Magazine accepts submissions of story ideas. Send story idea letters through email or mail-in categories such as: 

• Health and fitness
• Travel
• Money
• General interest
• Personal essay

You can submit idea letters via email or mail. The pay rate is negotiable. 

Learning for Justice

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Learning for Justice accepts submissions from freelance writers for magazine departments, curriculum materials, magazine feature stories, and short articles. 

You can send submissions and pitches for pieces ranging from 600 words to 1,800 words. The publication pays fixed fees of $150 per piece and accepts submissions and pitches through email.