Writing Articles

Writing Articles For Newspapers & Magazines

Magazines and newspapers are always on the lookout for good quality articles with many paying over £200 for a 2 page piece.

Recommended Reading:
Writing Feature Articles

Everything you need to know about writing successful feature articles. Learn how to formulate and develop ideas and how to shape them to fit different markets. Learn step-by-step how to plan, research and write quality articles suitable for a wide variety of publications.

"Writer's Digest" Handbook of Magazine Article Writing

Brainstorm creative article ideas magazine editors will find irresistible; Find the right magazine for their work; Compose a professional, sophisticated query letter that catches the editor's eye; Keep editors coming back for more/get repeat assignments from magazines; This book is the writer's treasure map to the lucrative field of magazine writing!

Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2011

The bestselling guide to markets in all areas of the media. also contains a wealth of practical information on a huge range of topics including copyright, finance, submitting a manuscript and e-publishing, as well as being a comprehensive up-to-date directory of media contacts.

Writing Online Articles

Helium

Register free with Helium's online community where you can submit articles on any subject and get them published instantly. Once submitted, your article will begin to get read and rated by other members. The better the ratings the more you earn. A good, well written, well researched article on a popular subject could continue to earn for months, or even years. You can increase your earnings further by entering into Helium's wide range of writing contests, earning from $5 to $70 per selected article. Another area of Helium is 'Marketplace' where publishers offer titles they are looking for articles on, selected articles earning anything from $20 to $200.

Howopia

Howopia's goal is to build up a community of writers and experts who create useful, UK specific 'How To' guides to help anyone achieve anything they want to. Submit 'How To' guides and they will pay you a share of the advertising revenue generated through the guides you write. Your earnings are potentially limitless, the more pages you write, the more money you can earn. Every contributor gets their own profile page where they can include as much information as they like, even linking back to their own blog or website, and even their Twitter or Facebook profile.

Suite101

Suite101 has a network of over 1,000 writers and over 7 million monthly readers. They offer writers a direct share of lifelong revenue on their work, free training and the opportunity to work 1 on 1 with an editor. Writers would be expected to produce 10 articles every 3 months.

Triond

Share your knowledge and receive royalties from your published work.

Be a guide at About.com There is massive earning potential for About.com guides. As a guide you would build and maintain your own guide site, featuring articles, reviews, tutorials, FAQs, and a blog on your specialist subject. To become a guide you must be a recognised expert in your field with credentials and experience to back you up, have professional writing experience and be familiar with HTML. Pay is based on page views, with About.com stating that they have guides that have built up page views to earn in excess of $100,000 per year. Visit About.com:Be A Guide for more information and to apply.