As a writer, especially if you stay in Nigeria, you may waste alot of time working for bad clients who don’t know the value of your work.
This happens most of the time and you may earn next to nothing working like this just because you don’t get better clients or you don’t know yet where your value is actually needed.
In this article, I will expose 250 different websites that pay big and also in dollars to get you started and earning alot better.
List of websites paying for your writings in dollars
A Fine Parent pays $100 per article
A List Apart pays $200 per article
AARP Magazine pays $1 per word
About.com pays $150 per article
Adventure Cyclist pays $0.40-$1 per word
AFAR pays $1 per word
Alaska Beyond Magazine pays $150-$700 per article
All Freelance Writing pays $75-$100 per post
AMC Outdoors Magazine pays $0.50-$0.75 per word
American Falconry pays $100 per article
American Forests pays $200-$1,000 per article
American School Board Journal pays $400-$700 per article
American Speech pays $200 per article
AnewAmerica pays $50 per article
Animal Wellness Magazine pays $50-$400 per article
Architectural Lighting Magazine pays $150-$300 per article
Atlas Obscura pays $0.25 per word
Backstage pays $0.30 per word
Backpacker Magazine pays $0.40-$1.00 per word
Beer Advocate Magazine pays $0.03 per word
Better Homes & Gardens pays $1.00 per word
Big Grey Horse Media pays $125 per article
BioScience pays $0.35 per word
Birds & Blooms Magazine pays $400 per article
Black Warrior Review pays $75 per poem and $200 per story
Blasting News pays $3.50 per 1,000 views
Bitch Magazine pays $200 per feature article
BlogMutt pays $8-$72 per post
Blue Mountain Arts pays $300 per poem
Boston Globe Magazine pays $1.50 per word
Boys’ Life Magazine pays $0.25 per word
Brain, Child Magazine pays $300 per article
Brevity Magazine pays $45 per essay
Budget Travel pays $0.50 per word
Business Insider pays $250 per article
Bustle pays $100 per article
Canadian Living pays $0.40 per word
Carve Magazine pays $25-$500 per short story
Catster pays $100-$200 per article
Ceramics Monthly pays $0.30 per word
Chicken Soup for the Soul pays $200 per story or poem
Christian Science Monitor pays $200-$225 per article
Cincinnati Magazine pays $0.25 per word
Civil Eats pays $300 per article
Clean Eating Magazine pays $0.40 per word
Coastal Living pays $1.00 per word
CollegeHumor pays $35 per article
Colorado Life Magazine pays $0.20 per word
Columbia Journal pays $100 per prose piece and $25 per poem
Common Ground Magazine pays $0.20 per word
Condé Nast Traveler pays $1.00 per word
Consumer Reports pays $1.00 per word
Cosmopolitan pays $1.00 per word
Country Magazine pays $250 per article
Country Living pays $1.00 per word
Craftsmanship Magazine pays $1.00 per word
Crazyhorse pays $20-$200 per poem and $200-$500 per prose piece
Cricket Magazine pays $0.25 per word
Cracked pays $50-$200 per article
Dame Magazine pays $200 per feature article
Dance Magazine pays $0.35 per word
DapperQ pays $50-$200 per article
Deadspin pays $0.25 per word
Delta Sky Magazine pays $1.00 per word
Departures Magazine pays $1.00 per word
DesertUSA pays $50 per article
Discover Magazine pays $0.50 per word
DIY Garden pays $50 per article
Dotdash (formerly About.com) pays $150-$600 per article
Dwell Magazine pays $0.80 per word
EatingWell Magazine pays $1 per word
Edible Seattle pays $50-$500 per article
E-International Relations pays $50-$100 per article
Electric Literature pays $100 per essay
Elle pays $0.10-$2 per word
Entrepreneur pays $0.50-$2 per word
Escapees Magazine pays $150 per article
Esquire pays $0.25 per word
Eureka Street pays $200 per article
Every Day Fiction pays $0.03 per word
Extra Crispy pays $0.25 per word
Family Fun Magazine pays $1.25 per word
Family Handyman pays $0.10 per word
Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine pays $0.08 per word
Fast Company pays $1.50-$2 per word
Fence Magazine pays $300 per poem
Field & Stream pays $0.25 per word
Fine Gardening Magazine pays $0.25 per word
Food52 pays $150 per article
Forbes pays $0.50-$2 per word
Foreign Policy pays $0.50 per word
Foundation for Economic Education pays $75 per article
FreelanceMom pays $75-$100 per article
FreshBooks pays $200 per article
Friends Journal pays $50 per page
Fusion pays $0.30-$0.50 per word
Gamasutra pays $50-$500 per article
Game Informer Magazine pays $0.15-$0.25 per word
Garden Design Magazine pays $600 per article
Glimmer Train pays $700-$3,000 per story
Global Comment pays $50 per article
Good Housekeeping pays $2 per word
Good Old Days Magazine pays $15-$75 per story
Great Escape Publishing pays $50-$200 per article
Green Child Magazine pays $50-$200 per article
Green Prophet pays $50 per article
Grist pays $50 per article
Guideposts pays $0.45-$0.65 per word
Harper’s Magazine pays $0.50-$1.50 per word
Healthline pays $0.40-$0.70 per word
Hemispheres Magazine pays $0.50 per word
High Country News pays $0.50 per word
Home Business Magazine pays $50-$100 per article
Home Improvement pays $50 per article
Hooked to Books pays $50-$200 per article
Horse Network pays $50-$100 per article
Horsetalk pays $50 per article
HowStuffWorks pays $0.10 per word
Huck Magazine pays $0.10 per word
iWorkwell pays $200 per article
JSTOR Daily pays $100 per article
Knitty pays $75-$200 per article
KnowledgeNuts pays $10 per article
LadyQs pays $150 per article
Land&People pays $300-$1,200 per article
Laptop Mag pays $0.30 per word
LendingTree pays $100-$250 per article
Lighthouse pays $0.10 per word
List25 pays $50 per article
Listverse pays $100 per listicle
Literary Mama pays $75 per article
LitReactor pays $50-$200 per article
LiveCareer pays $50 per article
Longreads pays $500 per article
Make a Living Writing pays $75-$150 per article
MakeUseOf pays $50 per article
Matador Network pays $40-$60 per article
Mental Floss pays $0.25 per word
MetroParent pays $35-$350 per article
Midwest Living Magazine pays $0.50 per word
Military History Magazine pays $0.30-$0.40 per word
Military Spouse Magazine pays $200 per article
Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine pays $50-$300 per article
Modern Farmer pays $150 per article
MotorHome Magazine pays $900-$1,200 per article
Narrative Magazine pays $150-$350 per story
National Geographic Traveler pays $1 per word
National Parks Magazine pays $0.30 per word
Natural History Magazine pays $1,500-$2,500 per article
New Scientist pays $0.30 per word
New York Times Modern Love column pays $300 per essay
New York Times Opinion section pays $0.50 per word
Newsweek pays $0.40 per word
Nutri Inspector pays $30-$50 per article
O, The Oprah Magazine pays $2 per word
Observer pays $0.40 per word
Odyssey pays $0.10-$0.50 per word
Oyster pays $150 per article
Pacific Standard pays $0.75 per word
Paste Magazine pays $50 per article
PayScale pays $50-$100 per article
Pentimento Magazine pays $100 per article
People Magazine pays $1.50 per word
Phoenix New Times pays $0.25 per word
Pockets Magazine pays $0.25 per word
Points in Case pays $60 per article
Polygon pays $0.25-$0.50 per word
Popular Mechanics pays $0.40 per word
Popular Science pays $0.25 per word
Prevention Magazine pays $1-$2 per word
PsychCentral pays $50 per article
Quartz pays $0.25-$1.50 per word
Reader’s Digest pays $0.50 per word
Redbook Magazine pays $2 per word
Refinery29 pays $0.26 per word
Remedy Health Media pays $0.75-$1.00 per word
Road and Track pays $1 per word
Rolling Stone pays $0.25 per word
Runner’s World pays $1 per word
Salon pays $0.15-$0.40 per word
Saveur pays $0.75 per word
Scary Mommy pays $100 per article
Science Magazine pays $0.25 per word
Scientific American pays $1 per word
Screen Rant pays $50 per article
Seattle Magazine pays $0.45 per word
Self Magazine pays $0.50 per word
Serious Eats pays $0.50 per word
SheKnows Media pays $100 per article
Sierra Magazine pays $1 per word
Simple-Talk pays $200-$400 per article
SitePoint pays $100-$300 per article
Sky & Telescope pays $0.60-$1.00 per word
Smithsonian Magazine pays $0.50 per word
Southern Living Magazine pays $0.60 per word
Sports Illustrated pays $0.50 per word
Substance pays $200 per essay
Successful Farming pays $0.20 per word
Sunset Magazine pays $1 per word
Surfer Magazine pays $0.50 per word
Tablet Magazine pays $0.25 per word
Taste of Home pays $0.03 per word
Techopedia pays $50 per article
TechRepublic pays $0.75 per word
Teen Vogue pays $0.30 per word
The American Conservative pays $50-$200 per article
The Atlantic pays $0.50-$2.00 per word
The Baffler pays $800-$1,200 per article
The Bold Italic pays $50-$200 per article
The Christian Science Monitor pays $200 per article
The Chronicle of Higher Education pays $0.50 per word
The Daily Beast pays $250-$400 per article
The Daily Dot pays $0.35 per word
The Diplomat pays $150 per article
The Economist pays $0.60 per word
The Freelancer by Contently pays $250 per article
The Guardian pays $0.42-$1.06 per word
The Hairpin pays $50 per article
The Hoth pays $200-$500 per article
The Humanist pays $100 per article
The Independent pays $0.15 per word
The Intercept pays $0.50 per word
The Ken pays $0.10 per word
The Kitchn pays $25-$150 per article
The Los Angeles Review of Books pays $100 per article
The Morning News pays $0.25 per word
The New Republic pays $0.50 per word
The New Yorker pays $1 per word
The Outline pays $0.25 per word
The Penny Hoarder pays $0.03-$0.07 per word
The Rumpus pays $50 per article
The Sun Magazine pays $300-$2,000 per essay
The Tempest pays $50 per article
The Verge pays $0.40-$0.75 per word
The Walrus pays $0.50 per word
The Washington Post pays $0.50-$2.00 per word
The Week pays $0.20 per word
The Wirecutter pays $0.50 per word
Thrillist pays $0.50 per word
TODAY.com pays $150 per article
TopTenz pays $50 per listicle
Travel + Leisure pays $1 per word
TreeHugger pays $0.25 per word
Tripsavvy pays $0.30 per word
True West Magazine pays $0.20 per word
U.S. Catholic Magazine pays $0.20 per word
U.S. News & World Report pays $0.50 per word
Upworthy pays $0.23 per word
USA Today College pays $0.20 per word
Vanity Fair pays $1 per word
Vice pays $0.25-$2.00 per word
VinePair pays $0.10-$0.50 per word
Vox pays $0.25-$1.50 per word
Wanderlust pays £220 per 1,000 words
War History Online pays $50 per article
Wealthsimple Magazine pays $0.50 per word
Well Kept Wallet pays $0.10 per word
Wired pays $0.50 per word
Wise Bread pays $0.10 per word
Women’s Health pays $1 per word
Women’s Running pays $1 per word
Working Mother pays $0.25 per word
World Hum pays $0.50 per word
World Nomads pays $0.50 per word
Yahoo! Finance pays $0.10-$0.35 per word
Yes! Magazine pays $0.50 per word
Yoga Journal pays $0.30 per word
YourTango pays $50 per article
Youth Today pays $0.15 per word
Zócalo Public Square pays $0.50 per word
No need to say thank you. Get yourself up and start writing.