Some Great Online Writing Venues for Your Work!
January 28th 2007 04:05
Now, for some websites--besides Orble--where you can post your work for all the world to see!
Are you an incurable poet? (Who would want to be cured of that 'malady'!) There are some great websites out there that are wonderful outlets for your poetic masterpieces! A few of these, where I have posted my own work, are Creative-Poems.com and MoonTownCafe.com.
These two sites don't pay you for your work, but they are great places to receive input from other poets, as well as enter contests to receive awards, recognition, and sometimes even money. You'll need to sign up as a member to use both sites, but this can be done free-of-charge. (Later, if desired, you can purchase a premium membership.) Creative-Poems allows members to comment on one another's work, and MoonTownCafe allows members to write reviews about other members' work and also rate it using a five-star rating system.
Helium.com is another good site for poetry, as well as many other types of writing--including short stories and articles of almost every description. While they offer no up-front payment for your work, they do have a revenue-sharing system in place, which provides writers with (very) modest monetary rewards for work appearing on the site, based on number of page views received, as well as peer rankings of each piece within its particular category.
(Realistically speaking, you can expect to rack up small change, as your works remain on the site after posting--though, in time, and with enough popular postings, this could probably grow somewhat.) Comparative peer review (which places two articles/poems/stories) side by side for ranking by other Helium members is the mechanism by which the best works rise to the top. (As with the two previously mentioned websites, you will need to join Helium in order to publish your work there.)
A site that actually pays writers something for their work (though even here, it isn't a large amount--and I believe you must live in the U.S. to receive payment) is AssociatedContent.com, also known as AC. (They do not, however, pay for poetry or short stories--and usually don't pay for news either, though they currently are running a special promotion where they are buying news articles. They generally only pay for articles--on a wide variety of subjects--that are over 400 words in length.)
Their rate of payment ranges anywhere from $4-20 per item purchased, based partly on whether exclusive or non-exclusive rights are purchased and partly on subject matter, as well as the popularity and ratings of an author's work previously published on AC. (Be certain that, if you want to sell or post your work again elsewhere, you choose the 'non-exclusive' option when you sell AC the rights to publish your work. This will bring lower offers for your work, but you will retain all rights to it.)
Associated Content reviews work submitted for publication quickly and is very prompt in paying for articles once an offer has been accepted by the writer. (Payment is made via PayPal.) Payment is generally made from 1-3 days after acceptance of their offer. (I have published about 20 pieces with them since the first of the year--10 of them paid for so far and one news item to be paid at the end of January--and three times my payments have been transferred into my PayPal account the same day I accepted the offers. This is quick! Of course, this does have something to do with the fact that there are certain days of the week on which their payments are processed.)
If you'd like to join AC, you may click on the tile below to be directed to the AC website to sign up. This is my personal invitation to you to join a great community of writers where your work will receive a professional presentation (as long as you enter it into the template carefully, proofreading and making any necessary corrections before publication.) AC is a great place to write!
Happy writing!
Jeanne
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Comment by Mrs M
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You a wealth of knowledge. I'll have to look into some of these.
Thanks for the hot tips.
Love & stuff
Mrs M
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
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Happy to help! Hope the info proves to be of value to you. Thanks for the visit! Stop by again anytime!
Jeanne