Make Money Writing Short Essays ($10 to $1200)
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Are you good at writing short essays, fiction stories, and articles? If yes, you can apply for a writing job at multiple websites. Writing a novel or a book is not the only way to make money. There are hundreds of writers who struggle for their survival in the freelance writing industry. They either remain underpaid or get too frustrated that they begin looking for alternatives.
The truth is that you can make hundreds to thousands of dollars even if you are an inexperienced writer. You don’t need a writing course or extraordinary skills to apply for a job at the following websites.
AGNI
AGNI is a popular American literary magazine that was founded in 1972. It publishes short essays, interviews, fiction stories, reviews, artwork, and poems two times a year: May and September. Manuscripts can be sent through post or electronically. The best part is that there is no word limit. However, the ideal length of your essay should be 700 words because the site is concerned about the quality. In these 700 words, you should introduce the topic or subject and tell the purpose of writing it as well as how it is going to benefit the target audience. A conclusion should also be written.
The website doesn’t accept short stories or essays on romance, horror, science fiction, or mystery. It likes think pieces, memoirs, and personal advice as well as unique and great poems.
Payment Details
AGNI pays up to $10 per page for a short essay and $20 per page for one well-written poem. You will be paid via PayPal when your work gets accepted.
Analog
Analog is suitable for those who love writing science fiction essays or stories. You can publish your imaginative science world, but you’ve to ensure that it is engaging and has something good to learn from. Analog is a leading and best science fiction magazine that keeps looking for new and amazing content. It publishes anything related to science, such as research articles, reports, scientific content, and short stories.
Content is accepted on the basis of merit. Professional and realistic stories need to be submitted. Otherwise, your content will be rejected right away. Writers can submit illustrations with their work. However, illustrations need to be related to the stories and visually appealing. Fact-based articles are also accepted. The magazine allows only six poems and four short essays per author at one time.
Payment Details
As far as I know, a fact-based article, story, or essay is paid based on its number of words. The site typically pays eight to ten cents per word for an essay of 20000 words, six cents per word for a serial of 40000 to 80000 words, nine cents per word for a research article, and $1 per line for poetry. It pays separately for colored cover art. The payment is $1200 per cover art and up to $125 per black and white cover.
One Story
One Story is a nonprofit literary publication that lets its target audience of different backgrounds and ages submit their stories. If you want to try this website, you should submit the work somewhere from January 15 to May 31 and September 3 to November 14. The word limit of an essay or story is 3000 to 8000.
There are two ways to submit the work: via its online portal or through the post. The format of your file should be TXT, RTF, or PDF and the file should not be heavier than 500KB. Essays can be written on any subject, topic, or theme that will appeal to teenagers and young people. Every story should have a specific name, and if you have discussed some characters, the names of those characters should be mentioned on the top of the story.
Payment Details
One Story pays $500 for one accepted article. You may contact its editors to know more about the payment terms and submissions.