Are you a wordsmith? A bard? A poet?
If you’re any of those things, then you’re in luck, because there’s money to be made in publishing poetry online.
Sure, it’s not going to make you rich, but it can help you pad your wallet a bit, and who doesn’t like that?
There are a few different ways to go about making money from your poetry online. Let’s take a look at a few of them.
1. Submit Your Poetry to Online Marketplaces and Contests
One way to make money from your poetry is to submit it to online marketplaces and contests. These are websites that offer up cash prizes for the best poems in specific categories.
Some of these websites are free to submit to, while others charge a small submission fee. Either way, it’s worth it to check out these websites and see if any of them are a good fit for your work.
Here are some websites that offer cash prizes for poetry:
• Hub Pages – Hub Pages offers weekly contests with cash prizes for the best poems in specific categories. They also have an ongoing contest with a $500 grand prize. Hub Pages is free to submit to. Learn more here: http://hubpages.com/learningcenter/poetry-contests
• Easy Way To Win – Easy Way To Win offers regular contests with cash prizes for the best poems in specific categories. They also offer an ongoing contest with a $1,000 grand prize. Easy Way To Win charges a $5 submission fee. Learn more here: http://www.easywaytowinonline.com/submit-your-poem-for-a-chance-to-win-1000/
• Winning Writes – Winning Writes offers regular contests with cash prizes for the best poems in specific categories. They also offer an ongoing contest with a $500 grand prize. Winning Writes charges a $3 submission fee per poem (up to 3 poems per entry). Learn more here: http://www.winningwritesonline.com/p/submit-your-poem-and-win-.html
2. Sell Your Poetry as eBooks on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
Another way to make money from your poetry is to sell it as an eBook on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). Amazon KDP is a platform that allows authors to self-publish their books and sell them on Amazon’s Kindle Store.
The great thing about selling poetry on Amazon KDP is that there are no upfront costs or fees; you simply upload your book and set your own price, and then you earn royalties on every sale (70% of the list price for books priced between $2.99 and $9.99, and 35% of the list price for books priced outside of that range). And since Amazon is such a large online retailer, selling your book on their platform can potentially reach a wide audience of readers (not just poetry fans).
If you’re interested in selling your poetry as an eBook on Amazon KDP, simply create an account on their website and follow the instructions for uploading your book: https://kdp
