World Writer - Showcase Sites

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.

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.

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.

Top Write Corner Edited and published by Elvis D'Silva,

Topwritecorner.com is dedicated to promoting web literature by providing a showcase for aspiring authors, essayists and poets.

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 RoseDog is a showcase for writers and is currently the largest repository of unpublished work for sale on the Internet.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.

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).

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.