Get Paid to Write: 10 Profitable Writing Opportunities for the Serious Writer

The majority of writers no matter if the began writing as a hobby or an escape from the stressful daily grind oflife, there comes a time when writers desire to expose their creative talents with the world. Followed nearly always, is the equal desire to be paid for their writing contribution. Pay is for many writers are confirmation that their published writings are worthy of reward.

On the Internet, there are a variety of writing opportunities that can earn writers an income. Some writing opportunities pay a royalty, share advertising royalties, pay a flat rate or can be negotiated depending on who the author is and what works have they had published and where. Other writing opportunities are non-paying, but these opportunities shouldn't be overlooked, just because they are non-paying.

Non-paying writing opportunities are a great way to establish a professional writing portfolio to show to potential publishers that require their authors to be established. Most non-paying writing opportunities for reputable magazine, newspaper, or Internet publishers must follow a strict set of publishing guidelines that the editors set forth. This vetting and/or screening process separates the best authors from the rest and rewards the best writers with valuable exposure and an added bonus an excellent publishing credit to fill out any professional publishing portfolio.

The following writing opportunities are offered as paying opportunities that may require a vetting or screening review before being accepted or rejected for possible publishing. It is highly recommended to first read the editorial or writing guidelines before submitting any articles or stories to the publishers.

1. WireTap

   Writers should understand that WireTap Magazine is focused on issues that affect youth ages 16-26 years old. Articles should be well written with research-supported facts about real world youth trends, news and concerns. Articles that are published pay $50-250 per story depending on the amount of reporting and analysis.

2. Smorty

   Smorty is a bridge between bloggers and advertisers. Smorty offers serious bloggers an opportunity to earn an income from the blogs that they currently manage by broking advertising sales according to the popularity of the current blog. In layman's terms; the more popular your blog is online, then the more money you can earn from the advertising sales.

3. CellPhoneForums.net

   This is a sweet writing opportunity for writers who can write and deliver a well written, easy to understand review on their favorite cell phone. CellPhoneForum.net is seeking good reviews that consist of explaining all aspects of a particular phone model. Writers will be paid $10 per review if approved.

4. CMS Jumpstart Magazine)

   This is not a writing opportunity that every writer will be eligible to write for, because in order to write a series of tutorials suitable for CMS Jumpstart Magazine, the writer must have in-depth knowledge of setting up and operating a Joomla site. If you are a writer that processes this knowledge, then CMS Jumpstart Magazine pays $5-20 per article depending on the length and subject matter.

5. YouK

   YouK is a refreshing breakaway from the traditionally common sponsor driven content websites that allow the sponsors to shape and suggest reader content. YouK is a site that is on a mission to change this common practice and focus the appeal on the reader with a focused, helpful and stable resource. Writers whom desire to run their own site, on a topic of their choice can earn an income from every article that they write. This is a revenue sharing publishing opportunity.

6. Blue Mountain Arts

   This is a unique opportunity to write greeting cards and get paid for expressing a memorable emotion. Blue Mountain Arts is not looking for all genres or writing styles, so it is very important to carefully read through the writer's guidelines. Blue Mountain Arts pays $300 per poem for the worldwide, exclusive rights to publish it on a greeting card and other products, and $50 per poem for one-time use in a book.

7. GZYN

   GZYN is a website that is looking for original, quality web content in the form of a well written article, that can be published in exchange for a share of the Google Adsense advertising program. To learn more about this opportunity visit GZYN to learn if you have any relevant article ideas that you may be able to publish on this site.

8. RealityTvFan.net

   RealityTvFan.net is offering an ideal writing opportunity for bloggers that are fans of television reality shows. Writers who enjoy expressing their feelings and emotions about their favorite reality television programming can earn a share of the Google Adsense revenue earned from your articles published by the Orble network. Watching television and writing about the experience is the perfect job for any writer that values their time to play.

9. Animation Arena

   Currently, Animation Arena is looking for a couple of writers to write video game, comic book or movie reviews that pay $20.00 (USD) per review accepted and published. There is a maximum of 10 reviews per month.

10. INeedCoffee

    INeedCoffee is currently seeking writers that are interested in writing quality web content for their website. This opportunity pays writers by sharing an even share of Google Adsense advertising revenue that is generated through the writer's published article. This is an opportunity that will require the writer to self promote their published work them self, so to increase the overall amount of views their article(s) receive in a 30 day time period.