Sonya 1Writing for Fortitude
August 26th 2010 20:49
Fortitude is a new online magazine that offers web writers a real chance to earn some money for their articles. I can say that with confidence because I made $11 since I signed up with them on the 3rd of August. My first submission was published on the 5th of August, the second one was published in the August 25 issue - on the front page.
Writers whose articles make the front page are paid a minimum of $10 (and the articles become property of Fortitude; writers are, however, allowed to republish the pieces on their own websites). The work submitted has to be at least 3,500 characters long (that's approximately 500 to 600 words), it must be previously unpublished and no older than 90 days. Submissions are reviewed by other Fortitude writers, so there's no single editor to impress. While you don't have a piece up for review yourself, you should review other Fortitude writers' submissions. The Fortitude ranking system relies on the peer review. To give members and incentive to make the process work, writers are paid $0.05 per review.
One of the cool things about Fortitude is that you are not limited to writing news-related or informative articles. You can write opinion pieces, reviews, essays, rants, fiction and poems - their list is longer, but you get the idea. You are basically free to write whatever you want as long as it isn't illegal or against the submission guidelines.
There is a membership fee of $1.99/month which has to be paid for 12 months in advance - so you're paying $23.88 for a year. The reason they ask for a fee is to make sure that writers don't open more than one account to play the peer review system. Another reason is to ensure that writers who sign up will actually use the site as intended and to discourage spammers.
I've submitted two pieces so far, each of which were published two days later, so there's no long wait to find out if your piece will be published. My rant Web Content Woes made the front page on August 25 and thus earned me $10.
Don't let the membership fee discourage you from joining. Fortitude looks like a good way to build your portfolio and make some money in the process. If you submit your work and review other writers' submissions regularly, you are likely get your 24 bucks back. And you can also earn money from referrals: Click on the following link to join Fortitude. Feel free to ask me any questions about it in the comments.
Writers whose articles make the front page are paid a minimum of $10 (and the articles become property of Fortitude; writers are, however, allowed to republish the pieces on their own websites). The work submitted has to be at least 3,500 characters long (that's approximately 500 to 600 words), it must be previously unpublished and no older than 90 days. Submissions are reviewed by other Fortitude writers, so there's no single editor to impress. While you don't have a piece up for review yourself, you should review other Fortitude writers' submissions. The Fortitude ranking system relies on the peer review. To give members and incentive to make the process work, writers are paid $0.05 per review.
One of the cool things about Fortitude is that you are not limited to writing news-related or informative articles. You can write opinion pieces, reviews, essays, rants, fiction and poems - their list is longer, but you get the idea. You are basically free to write whatever you want as long as it isn't illegal or against the submission guidelines.
There is a membership fee of $1.99/month which has to be paid for 12 months in advance - so you're paying $23.88 for a year. The reason they ask for a fee is to make sure that writers don't open more than one account to play the peer review system. Another reason is to ensure that writers who sign up will actually use the site as intended and to discourage spammers.
I've submitted two pieces so far, each of which were published two days later, so there's no long wait to find out if your piece will be published. My rant Web Content Woes made the front page on August 25 and thus earned me $10.
Don't let the membership fee discourage you from joining. Fortitude looks like a good way to build your portfolio and make some money in the process. If you submit your work and review other writers' submissions regularly, you are likely get your 24 bucks back. And you can also earn money from referrals: Click on the following link to join Fortitude. Feel free to ask me any questions about it in the comments.
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