These are markets that pay writers for nonfiction, content and copy: publications, company blogs and content programs. Where a market posts a rate on its own page, that rate is quoted here word-for-word and dated. Where a market states an AI submission policy, its exact wording is shown too. Filter to the markets that publish their pay, pick a niche, or narrow by how they take work and where they stand on AI.
Rate transparency for writers has been thin since Who Pays Writers went quiet, and no directory tracks per-market AI policy for commercial markets at all. This one does both, and it is built the same way as our magazine database: every figure is read from the market's own page, checked on the date shown, and re-checked on a schedule. A market that stops accepting work or takes its rate down comes off the list, so what stays is current rather than a stale link dump.
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Data-engineering community blog; base plus a bonus for high-performing articles.
"Authors will be banned from the program if we detect AI drafts."
Pays $100 for nonfiction (fiction paid per word separately).
"Apex Magazine does not accept submissions of any kind that were written, developed or assisted by tools such as ChatGPT."
Flash creative-nonfiction magazine; honorarium paid via PayPal. Reads seasonally.
"Brevity does not accept submissions of AI-generated work, which includes writing that was partially created with or assisted by LLM technology."
Headless-CMS community author program; pays on publication.
"We get it, tools like ChatGPT are useful for brainstorming or outlining. But when it comes to the actual writing, we ask that you be the author."
Literary journal publishing prose and nonfiction; pays per printed page.
"We do not accept work produced via generative AI"
Political and cultural quarterly; emerging-writers program pays per word plus an expenses stipend.
"We will not accept or publish works generated or modified with artificial intelligence."
Environmental journalism; query-first, pays per word for print and a flat rate online.
"We will not consider pitches (or any other copy) generated by artificial intelligence."
Science-fiction podcast magazine; pays per word for original fiction, $100 for reprints.
"AI-generated stories will not be accepted for submission."
Creative-nonfiction magazine; $40 honorarium; a $3 submission fee applies.
"Hippocampus Magazine is rooted in human truth and authenticity; we do not publish creative work that has used generative AI."
Accepts pitches for personal essays, critical and researched essays, and reported features, and publicly posts its rates on the submissions page.
"We will not accept any submission or pitch written or edited using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT."
Magazine of Southern writing and culture; pays for essays and features.
"The Oxford American does not accept or review submissions created with the use of generative AI."
Literary magazine that publishes memoir and flash; pays per author via PayPal.
"If you used AI to write/create your piece, you must disclose this fact in your cover letter."
Literary quarterly publishing nonfiction and essays; BLAST pays $100 per essay.
"If artificial intelligence has been used to generate any portion of your submission, you must disclose your usage in specific detail within the piece and in your cover letter."
Pays $100 per commissioned nonfiction essay on acceptance (fiction paid per word separately).
"Please note that Uncanny Magazine does not accept any submissions written with artificial intelligence or similar technologies."
Positive-parenting site; pays for original 1,500-3,000 word parenting articles.
Web-scraping platform blog; pays a flat rate per published article.
Literary magazine publishing essays and nonfiction; pays print and online contributors.
Developer-community blog; base rate rises for repeat quality contributors.
Books and reading site; flat fee by topic and length, paid via PayPal.
Developer-tools blog; pays for technical articles, no unpaid trials.
Children's magazines (Cricket); pays for stories, articles, poems and activities.
Front-end web-development publication; pays via PayPal for guest articles.
Literary nonprofit; pays for personal and critical essays.
Queer literary journal publishing essays and nonfiction; $100 honorarium via PayPal.
Journal of literature and fine arts publishing nonfiction; a $3 reading fee funds honorariums.
Family and faith essays; pays on a pageview scale for original content.
Developer blog; pays for Ruby, PHP and Python articles from working developers.
List-format general-interest site; pays for original 10-plus item lists.
Front-end engineering blog; rate depends on scope and quality of the post.
Personal-finance blog; pays on publication for practical money guides.
Literary quarterly publishing nonfiction; NER Digital pays $50 for online work.
Literary and arts journal publishing creative nonfiction; pays on publication.
Assignment-based content platform paying weekly. Advertises 'up to $50 per article' as a ceiling; actual per-assignment pay varies below it.
Flash magazine publishing flash CNF and craft essays; paid on publication.
Developer tutorials; pays for updates and new posts on quantity and quality of the change.
Literary journal publishing creative nonfiction; paid via Amazon gift card or PayPal.
Creative Nonfiction's single-essay series; a $3 reading fee applies.
Open publishing platform; pays per 1,000 reads plus reader tips.
Developer content program; $500 per published article (optionally donated to a tech charity).
Black Mountain Institute journal; pays for prose (fiction and nonfiction) in print or online.
Cloud-platform tutorials; paid via PayPal or Civo credits, rate by technical depth.
"We cannot accept or pay for material that has been copied, paraphrased, translated, or generated from existing online sources, including AI tools."
Consumer-technology publisher (Valnet); competitive per-story compensation, figure not posted.
"Valnet is committed to producing premium content, and we therefore require all our contributors to adhere to our Editorial Standards, including a prohibition on using Artificial Intelligence."
Travel publication; pays for accepted independent travel stories, rate agreed on acceptance.
"In regard to writing, we don’t accept AI-written stories (and use AI checkers when necessary)."
SEO and digital-marketing publication; contributor program, compensation not posted.
"Therefore, we do not accept articles or content entirely generated by AI systems."
Long-running web-craft publication accepting pitches; compensation is handled per piece and not posted.
Filterable by pay range and job type, and tags listings LOW PAY / SEMI-PRO / PRO so you can screen rates before applying. A share of listings are marked undisclosed.
Global creative-staffing agency that places copywriters, content and UX writers into contract and permanent roles through recruiters, rather than a self-serve gig list.
Content-marketing agency that hires writers and content creators through its careers page (staff roles), rather than a public gig board.
Tech-company content and marketing roles. Most US listings show a salary range.
Marketplace where writers sell articles and set their own price; the platform takes a commission.
Subscription content agency employing a bench of writers; recruits via careers, rates not posted.
Vetted creator network placing freelancers with brands, weighted to expert and regulated-industry writers. Pay is negotiated per assignment; no public rate page.
Content agency that recruits freelance copywriters from a freelance bench; per-word writer rates are not posted publicly.
Remote writing listings aggregated from multiple sources. Some show salary; many do not.
Pays software developers to write technical tutorials and articles; the rate is discussed after a call rather than posted.
Content-writing agency (founded 2011) with a vetted writer bench; hires through a 'Join Our Team' path. Rates are not posted.
Gig marketplace where writers list packages. Confirmed live independently — Fiverr owns ClearVoice, whose talent page 301-redirects to fiverr.com — while the category page itself is bot-walled.
Free service that emails lists of publishers that pay writers; each roundup names the market's pay. It curates others' rates rather than paying itself.
Bidding marketplace with an active writing category. Budgets are client-set and can be low (per-500-words bids appear).
Aggregated freelance writing gigs. Some listings show an hourly or per-assignment rate; many say 'see job description'.
Curated paying markets with a stated floor — listed markets pay at least $200 or ten cents a word — and pay shown per market. An aggregator, not the payer.
Copywriting agency recruiting through jobs.getacopywriter.com; states it accepts roughly 0.5% of applicants. Client pricing is public; writer pay is not.
Invites true first-person inspirational stories; pays for accepted stories, though the amount is not stated on the submission page.
Freelance marketplace; the Writing & Translation category shows fixed and hourly projects with client-set budgets.
Remote-first job board carrying hundreds of writing roles. Salary was rarely shown at verification.
Screened remote jobs for freelancers including writing, blogging and editing. Enforces a $10/hr minimum and shows hourly ranges. Job-seeker subscription required.
Long-standing board for staff and freelance journalism, reporting and editing roles. Salaries are rarely shown on the listing itself.
Media and publishing jobs including editor, copywriter and staff-writer roles. Many US listings now show a salary range.
Managed content marketplace; writers pitch ideas to brands inside a project-managed model rather than open bidding.
UK-rooted marketplace where each writing project lists a client budget (fixed or hourly).
Long-running board for blogging and content roles. Employers pay to post, so listings are businesses hiring writers; candidate pay is rarely shown on the listing.
Curated marketplace connecting authors with editors, ghostwriters, designers and marketers. Freelancers set their own rates.
Curated remote job board; the writing category shows some hourly or salary ranges. The full database sits behind a paid tier.
Professional book-publishing company that hires ghostwriters and editors via careers. Rates are not posted publicly.
Content marketplace across 40+ topics; writers apply and are hired per job. No public writer-rate table.
Enterprise content-marketing platform with a 20,000+ creator network; writers join via 'Freelance for Us'. Pay is negotiated per program, not posted.
Pays an honorarium on publication for accepted web-design and development articles; the specific amount is not stated on the page.
Paid service that hand-picks freelance leads including writing gigs; sample listings show rates. Monthly or annual membership required.
Publishes developer tutorials from contributors; payment terms are arranged by email rather than posted.
Content agency, rebranded from Crowd Content, that recruits freelance writers and pays twice weekly. Per-word rates are not posted publicly.
Media-worker community whose Opportunity Finder tracks pitch calls, jobs, fellowships and grants. Access is subscription-based (three annual tiers).
Content-marketing community job board (content strategists, managers, writers). Salaries are not shown on the board; Superpath publishes a separate content-salary report.
Content mill paying per word by a 2-to-5-star quality rating; entry-tier rates are low. The public author page states earnings scale with quality but does not post the rate table, so no figure is asserted here.
Marketplace for creative freelancers including copywriters; freelancers set their rates.
The largest general freelance marketplace; the writing category is a public listing. Verified live via a 403 bot-wall (page not machine-readable). Budgets are client-set per project and range widely.
Content marketplace; writers claim jobs across 40+ industries and invoice weekly. Pay scales with performance and is not posted on the join page.
Hand-screened telecommute jobs. Full access to apply requires a paid subscription.
Remote copywriting category (conversion and marketing copy roles) on the same board as the writing category.
Remote-only writing category on a large general remote board. Pay is shown on some listings, not all.
SEO content agency using a vetted writer bench; it hires through its team rather than a live gig list. Client price is public (eight cents a word); writer pay is not.
Curated remote writing jobs delivered by category and by newsletter.
Content marketplace matching writers to clients by a star rating. It publicly posts per-word pricing ($0.05/word basic; $0.04–$1.00+/word managed). That is the client-facing price; writers earn a share by tier, with higher-rated writers toward the top of the range.
Long-running weekly listing of paying markets and freelance/remote writing jobs. Individual listings state their own pay; the site curates rather than pays.
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Most do not. Rates are usually gated behind a login, a quote or an application, which is exactly what makes a pay figure worth recording when a market does post one. Tick 'Publishes its pay' to see only the markets that state a rate on their own page, each quoted word-for-word from that page and dated.
Every pay figure here was read from the market's own guidelines or write-for-us page on the date shown on its card, and a script re-checks that the figure still appears at its source. Where a market pays but does not post a number, the card says the pay is not published rather than guessing one. Nothing is inferred, remembered or averaged.
Some markets now state whether they accept AI-written or AI-assisted submissions. Where a market does, its stance is shown with the exact policy wording quoted from its own page and a link to that page. No stated policy means the page was checked on that date and carried no AI rule; policies change, so confirm at the source before you submit.
No. This is a directory of durable markets, not a scraped job feed. Each card opens the market's own submissions page where the current terms live. A market that closes to submissions is removed rather than left to rot.
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