Must Check the following links and give it a try

Get Paid to Write Your Personal Story ($200 and above)

https://writingcooperative.com/get-paid-to-write-your-personal-story-200-and-above-
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You want to make money writing.

But what if you don’t have the creative brains to write an imaginary story? Or maybe you don’t have
the skills to write salesy articles with clickbait headlines that are everywhere on the internet these days.

I have good news: you can write a personal story and get paid for it. Yes, there are publications looking
for such pieces. Their rates are decent and they don’t discriminate based on the location or background
of the writer so feel free to submit your personal story to them.

1. Vox First Person

Vox is a well-known magazine looking for “first-person essays and interviews with unique perspectives
on complicated issues”. They accept pieces on any topic but prefer stories about mental health,
work/job, relationships, money, and identity. The good news is you can write for them even if you
haven’t been published before.

Interested? Send your pitch to firstperson@vox.com

•Content length: Unspecified
•Genre: Nonfiction
•Pay: Varies (33 cents/word for 1500 words according to this source)
Example piece:
In many Asian American families, racism is rarely discussed
First-person essays and interviews with unique perspectives on complicated issues. Sandi Chai immigrated to the United…
www.vox.com

2. Smart Set

Smart Set is an online magazine that covers a range of topics including culture, arts, science, national
and international affairs, literature, medicine, sports, philosophy, food, and shopping. If you’re
interested in writing for them, there are a few things to keep in mind.

They’re looking for critical essays, cultural critiques and analysis, political commentaries, food and
travel writing, book, film, and television reviews, scholarly articles, personal essays, memoirs, and
unpublished excerpts. They do not publish fiction, poetry, and previously published work.
Send your submissions and pitches to smartsetmag@drexel.edu. Before submitting, make sure your
piece is formatted inside a Word document as Times New Roman, 12-point font, and double spaced.

Content length: 1500- 3500 words

•Genre: Nonfiction
•Pay: 7 cents to 20 cents per word
Here is an example of a story they’ve published:

The End of My World

Before my eyes open, I give thanks for another day. Pulling off the mask of my continuous positive air pressure…
www.thesmartset.com

3. Guide Posts

Guideposts is a nonprofit inspirational magazine looking for stories about hope, faith, and prayer. They
publish “true stories about people who have attained a goal, surmounted an obstacle or learned a
helpful lesson through their faith.” Your story should be a first-person narrative about a specific life
event. It should leave the reader with insights, lessons, and practical takeaways. They do not publish
essays, fiction, and poetry. Payment is made once the story is published in their magazine.

If you have a story to share about Christian faith, submit it on their website by filling out a form. You
will only hear from them if your story is accepted.

Content length: 1500 words

•Genre: Nonfiction
•Pay: $250
Below is an article published on their website. To read their magazine, you need to be a subscriber.

What My Dad Taught Me About Prayer

As my two sons prepare to enter into that wonderful phase of life called fatherhood, I reflect on what I learned from…
www.guideposts.org

4. Mask Magazine

Mask Magazine is an “online repository of youth and internet culture packed with interviews,
editorials, news, and style in the age of unrest”. They’re looking for content in the areas of self, human
migration and settlement, control and rebellion, longevity and legacy, ecology and wilderness,
economics, technology, innovation, epistemology, ontology, ethics, and aesthetics. Formats they accept
include personal essays, researched or reported pieces, how-to guides, and tutorials.

To submit your work, you need to pitch it to them. They have guidelines on their website of how they
would like your pitch to look. Make sure to take a look. In addition, they only respond to accepted
pitches and submissions.

Content length: Unspecified

•Genre: Nonfiction
•Pay: $50-$200
To get an idea of the content they publish, have a look at this piece published on their site:

fever dreaming the crisis

To round out the survival package, I ordered books online. Indefensibly, I bought them on Amazon. A stack of novels…
www.maskmagazine.com

5. Narratively

Narratively is TIME’s one of fifty best websites. It’s a storytelling platform that features authentic
human stories. In their own words, they’re looking for “untold human stories that surprise, delight, and
captivate readers.” It doesn’t matter what your story is about as long it fits inside three boxes: untold,
human, and narrative.

They only publish narrative nonfiction, not fiction and poetry. All stories are submitted online via
Submittable.
•Content length: 1500–2000 words
•Genre: Nonfiction (first-person stories, hidden history, reported stories, photo essays)
•Pay: 10 cents per word on average

Here’s an example of the kind of content they’re looking for:

My Childhood in an Apocalyptic Cult
October 8, 1982. Mom wrote in her diary that she slept until noon that day and woke up feeling refreshed, filled with a…
narratively.com