Today's Top-Paying Writing Jobs (plus free-to-enter competitions/ paying markets)

25 September 2010
Today's Top-Paying Writing Jobs (plus free-to-enter competitions/ paying markets)
Top-paying writing job(s):

This list is provided daily and entries are not recycled. We review all writing job/contest announcements and calls for submissions daily and include those offering decent payment to writers. Best of luck.

1. From Workingbase, topic: affiliate marketing, pays $40 per 400-word article

2. From Peopleperhour, topic: general/press releases, pays $20 per 400-word article

3. From Limeexchange, topic: general, pays $9.6 per 400-word article

4. From Craigslist, topic: random, pays $6.67 per 400-word article

5. From Odesk, topic: SEO material, pays $6 per 400-word article

6. From Freelancer, topic: general, pays $5.33 per 400-word article

7. From Elance, topic: about Glee, pays $4 per 400-word article

Note: To make rates comparable, we have converted them to 400-word rate (standard one-page article, double-spaced). Please click on the site link to see actual pay rates.

Free Contest(s):

1. The Bruised Peach Press, poetry - sonnet, prosodym prize: $50, deadline: 1 December 2010

2. The Bruised Peach Press, haiku, prize: $50, deadline: 1 March 2011
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