$1,000 for 20 Words: Quotation Writing Contest

October 4, 2019

Win $1,000 for writing 20 words! Coexistence, Inc is producing a new exhibit, and is seeking qotations on the theme of “enriching lives through diversity and inclusion.” If your quote is selected as a winner, they’ll pay you $1,000. Not bad! Though, I suspect their will be an extremely large amount of entries, so the…

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Five Websites that Pay $1 Per Word

October 1, 2019

Next Show All As I’ve written about before, the market for online writing has started to hit its stride. There are increasing numbers of websites that pay professional rates to freelance writers, and have the business model that can support that level of pay in the long term. The transition away from print has finally…

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10 Websites & Blogs Seeking Writers

October 1, 2019

Next Show All We’ve been researching payment rates for freelance writers for years now, and we’ve never been unable to find more websites that pay freelance writers. During that time, the transformation of the digital freelance landscape has been huge. The variety of and quantity of websites that pay writers has grown immensely. As part…

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22 Free Writing Contests With Cash Prizes (Up to $50,000)

September 27, 2019

Next Show All These are prizes for writers of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, with prizes/fellowships ranging from $50 to $50,000. There is also a bonus residency listed, which does not have a cash award. Also see this list of fee-free grants and fellowships for writers. Several deadlines are coming up. – S. Kalekar The Academy for…

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15 Magazines, Websites, & Blogs Seeking Pitches from Freelance Writers

September 24, 2019

Next Show All Here’s this week’s update of our latest research – direct links to the submission guidelines for fifteen publishers seeking pitches from freelance writers, covering a very wide variety of topics. If you dont’ know how to take advantage of this – please sign up for this free three day workshop. (Thank you…

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10 Short Story Publishers Paying $150 Per Story

September 24, 2019

Next Show All Several literary magazines that accept fiction have opened for submissions in September. Many of them also publish other genres, like non-fiction, including reviews, poetry, scripts, and graphic novel form. They pay up to $150, and some pay considerably more. – S. Kalekar Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores They publish work in science…

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Deadline: $6,000 Short Story Hackathon

September 24, 2019

One of the year’s most fun short story contests is almost coming to an end. The deadline is now just a few days away. The challenge: Write a 50 paragraph short story, with the first and last paragraphs provided by the contest host. Hosted by Owl Canyon Press, this is their third “Hackathon” short story…

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