Some publications also “pay” contributors with an author copy, but since this is an article about selling your short stories for money, we aren’t going to consider that a payment. This often leads to a very small amount of money. There are also publications that pay royalties, although this gets a little convoluted when you are dealing with short stories because you are typically going to be sharing the royalties with all the other published authors in a publication. Token – Publications that pay less than 1 cent or less per word Semi-pro – Publications that pay 1-4 cents per word ![]() Pro – Publications that pay 5 cents or more per word Markets that pay for short stories can typically be divided into these categories: There are thousands of websites and magazines that publish short stories. This may sound incredibly obvious, but if you want to make money with your short stories, you can’t submit them to publications that only pay you with exposure. How do you sell a short story for money?įirst, find paying venues. My shortcomings as a writer aside, let’s dive into how you can make money from your short stories. Granted, there are publications that pay a lot for a single story, but the type of writing I do isn’t a good fit for those publications. Apparently $5000 from short stories is pretty good. Upon hearing these numbers, other writers routinely ask me how I’ve managed to have so much success with my short stories. Not a ton of money by any stretch of the imagination, but enough to feed part of my vinyl addiction. ![]() The most I have ever made from a single short story is $500, and my total income from short stories in the past 10 years is around $5000. ![]() However, I have had over 300 short stories published, including dozens from paying venues. I have made a very good living as a writer, but that has been for business/marketing writing, which is quite a bit different from writing short stories. In full disclosure, I do not make a living writing short stories.
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