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Paying Sites
I've been throwing out my query nets left and right, and I've been making some catches as of late. A problem I'm still consistently finding however is that there are a lot of sites out there that look really professional and don't explicitly say they're looking for volunteers only.
I don't know about you guys but I just hate getting an interested email back from an editor and then only after having them offer you a position have them say, "Oh, we don't pay though."
As such, I propose we create a list of sites that we know pay. Even if it's barely anything, it might be nice to have a compilation of the venues that we know will give you something more tangible then "valuable experience." :)
I'll start:
TheGameReviews.com- Pay depends on the kind of article you're writing. I do mostly features and get 7 bucks a piece. Reviews pay 10. You also get bonuses depending on how many views your articles get, which can be nice if you manage to strike a popular topic. One article of mine last year raked in 40,000 views and I was subsequently paid about a 100 dollars for it.
StrategyInformer.com- I did hold a paid, non-writing, staff position with them at one point but unfortunately recession forced them to let me go. That said, they still pay me as a freelancer to write. They started me off writing editorials at about 20 dollars a piece, though after some time I was able to negotiate that up a bit. I would suggest submitting here. The owner and editor are really nice guys, the site is very nice and they could really use some good editorials. I am basically responsible for a good half of the opinion pieces they've published since that section opened up and as of late, I've been lacking any sort of opinions to write about.
GamesRadar- We all know this site and if you are able to come up with funny, succinct features they'll buy them off of you. Similarly, if you have a knack for reviewing games in under 600 words they'd like you. I was told they pay between 100-150 for reviews depending on the prominence of the game, and recently I sold them a feature for 250 dollars.
I don't know about you guys but I just hate getting an interested email back from an editor and then only after having them offer you a position have them say, "Oh, we don't pay though."
As such, I propose we create a list of sites that we know pay. Even if it's barely anything, it might be nice to have a compilation of the venues that we know will give you something more tangible then "valuable experience." :)
I'll start:
TheGameReviews.com- Pay depends on the kind of article you're writing. I do mostly features and get 7 bucks a piece. Reviews pay 10. You also get bonuses depending on how many views your articles get, which can be nice if you manage to strike a popular topic. One article of mine last year raked in 40,000 views and I was subsequently paid about a 100 dollars for it.
StrategyInformer.com- I did hold a paid, non-writing, staff position with them at one point but unfortunately recession forced them to let me go. That said, they still pay me as a freelancer to write. They started me off writing editorials at about 20 dollars a piece, though after some time I was able to negotiate that up a bit. I would suggest submitting here. The owner and editor are really nice guys, the site is very nice and they could really use some good editorials. I am basically responsible for a good half of the opinion pieces they've published since that section opened up and as of late, I've been lacking any sort of opinions to write about.
GamesRadar- We all know this site and if you are able to come up with funny, succinct features they'll buy them off of you. Similarly, if you have a knack for reviewing games in under 600 words they'd like you. I was told they pay between 100-150 for reviews depending on the prominence of the game, and recently I sold them a feature for 250 dollars.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Mason on -
Ah, great, thanks Jared. I've made two so far, one on a deadline day and one a couple of weeks beforehand, and I wasn't sure if they would've been looked at yet or not.
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Permalink Reply by Jared Newman on -
Doesn't hurt to follow up, but I've also found this has no bearing on whether they accept the pitch or not.
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Permalink Reply by Tom Baines on -
New member, hello all :)
And hi Stew, this is a great idea to list successful leads on here. Just a quick question - who did you pitch to at GamesRadar, and do they accept unsolicited pitches?
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Permalink Reply by Stew Shearer on -
I pitched to Eric Bratcher and to my knowledge yes.
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Permalink Reply by Tom Baines on
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Cheers Stew!
Oh and Mike - the Escapist normally get back roughly 2-3 weeks after the pitch deadline has passed, I assume they obviously just get an absolute truckload and it takes them that long to go through it all, but that still normally gives you a month or so to hit the editorial deadline if you're accepted :)
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