Seed : Where Your Content Flourishes

There are a number of sites around giving budding writers the opportunity to get published on the web and earn a few royalties in return. This one invites photographers as well and the window to the world for accepted work of either category is via AOL’s 80 or so websites covering topics such as music, TV, tech, finance and many more.

Currently undergoing some reformatting, interested users can email a joining request and will then be in the mix ready for the all new Seed 2.0. If you reside outside of the US however you can stop reading now as you won’t qualify.

Although the site encourages writers by waxing lyrical about the buzz of breaking a news story and interviewing interesting sources, it’s more likely that contributions will be accepted if they are a direct response to the advertised assignments.

Like all similar sites it’s free to sign up and any potential earning capacity will be based on the level of advertising income generated from the page your article appears on. It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to give up the day job.

Submissions are edited and moderated by the professionals at Seed within 5 days and you can do nothing else with your masterpiece until they decide whether or not to publish. This is standard practise and an understandable stance given the nature of publishing where you do all the work and they have all the say.

That said it does give the opportunity to writers who may not have any other avenues for their efforts and for the part time dabbler it might even be a bit of fun.

Conclusion
This is one of many sites offering would be journalists the opportunity to get in front of a wide audience. Whilst the monetary reward might not be up to much it could do the job of creating a portfolio of work that you can then use to promote your talents in the direction of better paying opportunities.