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#4 Write or Die
OVERVIEW
Available for iOS, cost: $9, 99
This app will help push you past your writer’s block by applying real-world consequences if you decide to procrastinate.
The "bad things: rangefrom a disapproving cat staring you down to disastrous consequences with a terrifying Kamikaze mode. The app also includes a Reward Mode which gives you perks when you complete a specified number of words.
Get the app at:
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#5 Story Tracker
OVERVIEW
Available for iOS, cost: $8, 99
A valuable tool for freelancers, this app makes it easy to keep track of your submitted stories, articles, poems, novels, poems and scripts. Many journals, magazines and other markets forbid simultaneous submissions.
It can be easy to forget where you have actually submitted your work when you have to deal with hundreds of articles or stories. In addition to tracking your submissions, you can view the total money earned for every piece and add details for every market, including title, editor, genre and deadline.
Get the app at:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/story-tracker/id326115341
#6 The Brainstormer
OVERVIEW
Available for: iOS, Cost: $1, 99
Writing is difficult., especially when you have to deal with the dreaded writer's block. This app helps you spark new ideas, overcome creative blocks and quickly come up with subjects for sketching. doodling or journaling.
By doing a random spin or manipulating the app's wheels, you can generate combinations that make incredible creative writing prompts. Even if you don’t end up using the suggested scenario, it can help you come up with brilliant storylines and inspire your creativity.
Get the app at:
https://www.tapnik.com/brainstormer/
#7 Mind Node
OVERVIEW
Available for: iOS, Cost: $9, 99
This mind-mapping app generates visual representations of your bright ideas. It helps you brainstorm, share and organize your thoughts in a very intuitive way. The app's clean interface lets you generate and link big and complicated thoughts together.
Seeing your ideas makes it much easier to connect unrelated topics. This app also lets you highlight, color code and customize the branches.
Get the app at:
https://mindnode.com/
#8 List for Writers
OVERVIEW
Available for: iOS and Android, Cost: $2, 99
If you have trouble generating new ideas, this app is a godsend. It delivers list after list of ideas and writing prompts, including names, plot lines, character traits, occupations, action verbs, obsessions and much more. The app also offers dictionary support and a notepad feature that lets you collect lists and notes.
Get the app at:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thinkamingo.listsforwriters&hl=en_US
#9 Hanx Writer
OVERVIEW
Only available on the App Store for iOS devices.
Famous actor Tom Hanks produced the quirky Hanx Writer, a cool little app which turns your smartphone into a old-school typewriter, complete with dings and clacks. You can cut, create, paste and share docs.
You can also turn off the option so you can delete text, just like with an actual typewriter. The actor’s tribute to a bygone era, this app is a fun way to enhance your smartphone experience.
Get the app at:
http://hanxwriter.com/
#10 Scrivener
OVERVIEW
Available for: iOS and Android,
The go-to app for every level of writer, Scrivener is used every day by screenwriters, best-selling novelists, non-fiction writers, academics, students, lawyers, translators, journalists and more.
The app won't tell you how you should write; but it will provide everything you need to begin writing and keep writing great stuff.
Get the app at:
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
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10 SITES THAT PAY FOR CREATIVE WRITING
There are several sites that will pay very good money for short stories, poetry and other types of creative writing. Some of our favorites include:
#1 - AGNI
AGNI is Boston University's literary magazine. They will pay you for critical essays, short contemporary fiction and poetry.
You can only submit from September to May each year.
Expect to earn $20 per each page of poetry and $10 per every printed page of fiction. You will also get a free year's subscription to the magazine.
Get all the details here:
https://agnionline.bu.edu/
#2 - BWR
The graduate English department magazine for the U of Alabama, Black Warrior Review is published twice a year.
While they look for contemporary fiction, futuristic stories and magical realism are encouraged, as long as the stories push boundaries and encourage deep thought.
Expect to earn a nice lump sum for a published story, although the exact amount isn't something they typically publicize.
Get all the details here:
https://bwr.ua.edu/
#3 - Boulevard
This award-winning journal pay for contemporary short stories, essays and poetry.
It particularly likes new, unpublished writers over accomplished writers who have already been published.
Although it doesn’t accept genre fiction, Boulevard will pay from $25 to$250 for poetry and $100 to $300 for good prose.
Get all the details here:
https://boulevardmagazine.org/
#4 - Carve
Carve will pay $100 per short story for its website. It also has a print magazine that will publish nonfiction, poetry and illustrations.
Editors often take the time to respond to submissions with polite, thoughtful editorial critiques.
Carve only publishes quality literary fiction, so don't submit genre fiction, such as horror, thrillers, fantasy, sci-fi, romance, etc.)
Get all the details here:
https://www.carvezine.com/
#5 - Glimmertrain
Glimmertrain champions emerging new writers by paying $700 and up for each accepted story.
Check the site to find out what they’re currently looking for.
Categories usually include super-short fiction and diverse topical themes. You also have a chance to make thousands of dollars by entering your work in contests.
Get all the details here:
http://www.glimmertrain.org/
#6 - The Iowa Review
Part of the U of Iowa writing program, this famous journal has been paying writers since 1970.
It looks for poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction in a wide array of styles.
The journal only accepts submissions from September to November each year.
Expect to earn $0.80 per word for all fiction work, with at least a $100 payment.
Get all the
details here:
https://iowareview.org/
#7 - Threepenny Review
Threepenny Review will pay you for poetry, contemporary literary fiction and a diversity of essays and other types of nonfiction.
It only publishes four times a year both online and in print.
Expect to earn $200 for poems and $400 for short stories.
Get all the details here:
http://threepennyreview.com/
#8 - The Southern Review
The Southern Review pays for poetry, contemporary fiction and select nonfiction including book reviews and essays.
The magazine only accepts submissions from September to December.
Expect to make $25 per page, with a set maximum of $200. You will also get a year’s subscription if your writing is accepted.
Get all the details here:
https://thesouthernreview.org/
#9 - Ploughshares
Ploughshares will pay $25 per page for contemporary literary fiction.
There's a minimum payout of $50 and a set maximum payout of $250.
The journal also has a yearly Emerging Writers Contest for self-published writers and previously unpublished authors.
Get all the details here:
https://www.pshares.org/
#10 - The Missouri Review
This journal pays well for poetry, contemporary fiction and nonfiction essays.
Publishing since 1978, The Missouri Review frequently accepts work from new writers.
Expect t0o make $40 per printed page if they like your writing.
Get all the details here:
https://www.missourireview.com/
