{"id":4385,"date":"2018-06-12T05:38:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T12:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=4385"},"modified":"2018-06-12T07:42:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:42:02","slug":"longreads-500-for-personal-essays-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/longreads-500-for-personal-essays-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Longreads: $500+ for Personal Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Longreads is on a mission to publish high quality long-form writing. They are funded by Automattic, the company behind WordPress, which powers a huge percentage of the internet.<\/p>\n

After we originally featured Longreads in our weekly newsletter, the editor of the publication, after getting a deluge of submissions, responded by writing a guide to pitching.<\/a><\/p>\n

The editor just recently posted on Twitter, a new call for submissions:<\/p>\n

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She leads her guide with the argument that the personal is alive and well, as proven by the very large volume of submissions she has received.. That is something that I can attest to as well \u2013\u2013 it is clear that many of the readers of Freedom With Writing want to publish personal essays.<\/p>\n

If you’re in that category, there are indeed many publishers out there that publish personal essays, though it is often quite competitive to gain publication.<\/p>\n

Longreads is a great example. I highly recommend reading the editor’s guide to pitching<\/a> before submitting. In the guide, she notes that they’ve increased the number of essays published to nearly 12 a month.<\/p>\n

For even more option, here’s a list of 30 Publications that Pay Writers for Personal Essays.<\/a> (Note that it may be a bit out of date.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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