Writers' Showcase Sites
The following sites allow you to showcase your work free of charge and, in addition to exposure, some of them allow you the opportunity to earn some cash, although you will certainly not get rich! The rate varies and is based upon how many members read and rate your work.
21st Century Writings is dedicated to exhibiting top quality stories, poems, essays and novels. Submissions are encouraged and requested.
Key Content If you are a writer, a publisher, a technical author, a speech writer or a list generator you may sell your articles, literary works or any type of information through keycontent. If you would like to promote your business free of charge, or sell your works on-line please visit Key Content.
Ideamarketers Personally, this is one of my favourite sites, purely from the exposure that your articles receive from thousands of webmasters and editors of popular ezines. I have had many articles publishes as a result of showcasing my work here. Ideamarketers is the perfect forum for both new and published writers and also offers the opportunity to promote your books free of charge.
The site is owned by Marnie Pehrson and is part of the Pehrson Web Group, a collection of Web communities & services designed by Marnie, to help businesses who want to earn profits on the Internet reach & retain their target market, through content-sensitive advertising, article promotion, fresh site content & ezines and effective revenue generators.
Whim's Place Whim's Place provides a "showcase for the work of talented writers and discriminating readers". Whim's Place is the creation of Betsy Gallup, a thirty-something wife and mother. It started out as a personal website, but as her skill and her portfolio has grown, so has the site. Now, it is slowly transforming into a showcase for talented writers. Whim's Place is devoted to both the fiction and non-fiction writer and reader.
Topwritecorner.com is dedicated to promoting web literature by providing a showcase for aspiring authors, essayists and poets.
Amazing Authors Showcase and Ezine The AAS was formed in 1999 by a small group of authors who were all willing to donate their valuable time and efforts to make the AAS an outstanding writers site on the WWW. AAS offers the best possible exposure to qualified authors who are seeking exposure for both published and unpublished work. AAS submits to all major search engines on a regular basis, provides a monthly newsletter and offers incentives to authors to encourage them to promote themselves as well as many other benefits.
Zinos Zinos focuses on gathering the best writings from the many eZines on the web and directly from writers who wish to submit and showcase their work. Another of my favourites.
Rosedog "Working to get writers noticed". RoseDog is a showcase for writers and is currently the largest repository of unpublished work for sale on the Internet. It is a place where writers can submit their work and where agents and publishers come to find new talent. Rosedog will also create a personalised banner for you, free of charge. All you have to do is to e-mail them a photo of yourself.
Jemdam Publishing A website for writers to publish their work for free online, or to download ebooks.
Zongoo Zongoo!.com is a portal to share your content and find content that other people have written. We'll create for writers their own subdomain like
http://you.zongoo.com. We'll create page just about that writer which will appear in "Featured authors" category. Share your comments on articles (every comment
will have link back to your site).
Writer Expo As a writer you can send examples of your work for people to read, or whatever you wish to show. It's FREE to submit your work for publishing at writer-expo.com or you can enjoy more benefits and freedom as a Resident Author.
Opinion and Review Sites
Dooyou.co.uk - A British run opinion and review site, where you can receive payment for sharing your experience of a wide range products and services with other consumers. There is also a Speakers' Corner section, which is dedicated to current topical issues and allow you to voice your opinion on diverse subjects such as GM Cloning, Political Asylum, Abortion, Homelesseness and Street Begging and much more. You receive "dooyoo miles" for each review that your write and for each time that someone reads your work. Extra miles can be earned for exceptional opinions that receive a dooyou "crown". 1000 dooyoo miles are equivalent to £1 sterling. You can either redeem your miles for cash or donate your rewards to charity.
Ciao.com - Ciao is another community of consumers sharing their knowledge of thousands of products and services. This is also a pay per view site. Members of Ciao receive 50p for registering and writing their first opinion. Thereafter, they receive 10p for every subsequent opinion that they write and 2p whenever another member reads the opinion. Every month 10 of the best members are invited to join Ciao's most wanted. Those chosen will be credited with £10. The recent established Premium Fund rewards the best opinions written on Ciao with a special payment each month, which is currently as much as £15 for a good opinion.
Instantagora At Instantagora, you can earn points for writing articles, opinions, reviewing products and services, rating merchants, posting messages and scheduling chats. The site co-ordinators are also developing further areas where members can earn points, such as taking surveys and daily participation in fun & interactive polls.
