The Strange Website That Pays You $60 for 600 Words
Yes, it’s legit
In your quest to find websites that pay you for your writing, you usually come across professional-looking websites or at least one looking like a premium WordPress theme.
I have something different for you today.
WritersWeekly self describes as one of the oldest and most respected sites for freelance writing, publishing continuously since 1997. They are aimed at helping freelancers and writers make more money through their writing. A noble cause.
There are two types of articles currently being accepted:
- Featured Articles — “an article that will help readers make more money from their writing”, quoting the submission page
- Marketing Secrets — creative methods to promote books or the writing business.
And this is the end of what I would call mainstream writing blog/publication/magazine.
Weirdness
Quite strangely, the topics they do NOT want you to submit are the most popular in any writing category. If you plan to build a writing blog, the banned list should give you a good idea of what you should be writing about.
Things like tutorials about copywriting, ghostwriting, rates negotiation and SEO are not accepted.
Moving past the basics, there are quite a few other observations I need to get out. They say the website has been running since 1997. Safe to say that’s the last time someone made any change to the look. Although it might have looked good in the early 2000s, now I don’t believe you’ll get a passing grade in high school computer science class with this one.
It looks like a dead or shady website that asks for your credit card information before they sell you the secrets to become a writing billionaire.
Switching your attention to the menu is hard to pinpoint from this screengrab what this is all about.
A mix of marketing and writing pages, personal stories and vagueness.
A few nuggets I managed to find there are personal opinions, random writing news and a shame post on the worst queries of that particular month. Yes, you are not seeing things. There’s a (monthly) post with the worst query letters and book proposals. A goldmine of cheap giggles.
Hidden in a badly formatted menu bar lies what appears to be the most “alive” corner of the website. “Paying Markets & Jobs” looks like a good opportunity to find extra work, right? True until you start hovering on the links. They are all copied from ProBlogger.com. Not a massive additional benefit but if you did not know about ProBlogger, you know now.
Does it actually pay?
Strangely, yes. And quite decent and through PayPal. At $60 for first rights and $30 for reprints of 600 words articles. If you have any experience in helping writers make more money and can quickly write a few featured or a marketing “secret” article, this might be the best method to get money for a fancy dinner this weekend.
Conclusion
Despite its dodgy-looking pages and random menus, WritersWeekly could be a good opportunity for new writers to dip their toes in the water and get some quick money. Just make sure you don’t end up on the shame list for this month!
If you don’t want to get involved, it’s still an amazing website for those nostalgic about the internet of the 2000s.
About the Creator
George Atkins
Business leader and experienced negotiator. I write about several topics including business, finance, politics and obviously negotiations.
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