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# Paid Community Writer Programs



Paid writer programs usually have just enough of an incentive for people to get started creating developer content, besides the extra income it is an amazing opportunity for people to build a career out of it. For non-technical sites, have a look at [http://whopayswriters.com](http://whopayswriters.com).



A list of companies that have paid Developer Community Writer Programs.



- [Arctype](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kBqDcEIKgSftvO-GeXjeqM7WNfaajSpCHm5AZaSyh-Q/edit?usp=sharing) - $100+ per article

  > Technical guides, case studies, and thought leadership on SQL and Databases. 

  

- [Auth0](https://auth0.com/guest-authors) - Up to $300 per piece

  > Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.



- [CircleCI](https://circleci.com/blog/guest-writer-program/)  - Up to $300 per piece

  > Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.



- [Clubhouse.io](https://clubhouse.io/clubhouse-write-earn-give-program/) - Up to $600 per piece

  > Technical tutorials and how-to guides. Pick from a list of possible articles.



- [Code Tuts+](https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/call-for-authors-write-for-tuts--cms-22034) - $100 (Quick tip) $250 (Tutorial)

  > Technical focused articles. Pick from a list of possible articles.



- [Code Magic](https://blog.codemagic.io/write-for-codemagic-ci-cd/) - Applications are currently closed.

  > Technical focused articles.Specific on Flutter.



- [Couchbase](https://www.couchbase.com/community/community-writers-program) - $200 per piece

  > Content area experts can submit tutorials and blog content.



- [CSS Tricks](https://css-tricks.com/guest-posting/) - Around $250 per piece (depends on the length, research and audience)

  > Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.



- [Dev Spotlight](https://www.devspotlight.com/jobs/) - Around $300-$500 per piece depending on length and content

  > Technical content production agency that works with many clients.



- [Digital Ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com/write-for-donations/) - Up to $400 per piece

  > Technical tutorials with code. Not limited to Digital Ocean products.



- [Dolby.io](https://dolby.io/blog/introducing-the-dolby-io-community-writing-program/) - Up to $500 per piece

  > Technical tutorials utilizing the Dolby.io APIs.



- [Draft](https://draft.dev/#write) - Pays $200-$400 per piece

  > Technical content production agency that works with many clients.

  

- [DZone](https://dzone.com/writers-zone) - Waiting for details

  > Broad coverage of development topics, but with heavy Java content, working hard to push into new topics and channels.

  

- [Egghead](https://next.egghead.io/write-for-egghead) - Waiting for details

  > Intermediate to advanced articles covering topics on web development.

  

- [FaunaDB](https://fauna.com/blog/write-with-fauna) - $200-$500 per piece

  > Content focused on technical education around serverless development and FaunaDB.



- [Hasura](https://blog.hasura.io/the-hasura-technical-writer-program/) - Up to $300 per piece

  > Technical tutorials with code about Hasura or GraphQL.



- [Hit Subscribe](https://www.hitsubscribe.com/apply-to-be-an-author/) - $100 per piece, $200 for 2x length and ghostwritten articles (Special articles).

  > Technical content production agency that works with many clients.



- [Honeybadger](https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/write-for-us/) - From $500 per piece

  > Ruby and Elixir tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.



- [Linode](https://www.linode.com/docs/contribute/) - Up to $300 per piece

  > Technical tutorials with code on Linux or Linode.



- [LoginRadius](https://www.loginradius.com/blog/async/page/guest-blog) - Up to $200 per piece

  > Technical tutorials with code. Not limited to LoginRadius products.



- [LogRocket](https://blog.logrocket.com/become-a-logrocket-guest-author-7d970eb673f9/) - Up to $350 per piece

  > Technical tutorials with code. Write about anything frontend.



- [Make Use Of](https://www.makeuseof.com/contributor/) - $120 per piece with performance benefits

  > Tutorials and features about consumer apps and software products.



- [Mixster](https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/2019/05/24/mixster/#more-2253) 



- [Neptune](https://neptune.ai/write-for-us) - Up to $500 per article. 

  > Technical articles, how-to guides and tutorials on machine learning and data science. 

 

- [Nimblebox.ai](https://nimblebox.ai/technical-writer-program) - $100 per article.

  > The NimbleBox Technical Writer Program is a way for you to support the future of MLOps by writing technical articles.

  

- [Okta](https://developer.okta.com/blog) - Paid through Toptal based on your hourly rate

  > Technical tutorials and demos using Okta's products.



- [Permit.io](https://io.permit.io/permit-content) - $400 per published article

  >  Implement Permit.io into a demo application of your choice, create a piece of content about it, and get paid!



- [PHP Architect](https://www.phparch.com/editorial/write-for-us/) - $175 per piece

  > Thought leadership and technical articles about PHP.



- [Postmark](https://postmarkapp.com/write-for-us) - $200-$300 per piece

  > Applications are currently closed.



- [Rancher](https://rancher.com/writing-program/roles/writer/) - $300 per piece

  > Writing about devops, Kubernetes, and Rancher.



- [Real Python](https://realpython.com/write-for-us/) - Up to $300 per piece

  > Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.



- [Section.io](https://github.com/section-io/engineering-education)

  > Engineering education blog where Computer Science university students may contribute content for pay.



- [SigNoz](https://signoz.io/technical-writer-program/) - $150 per article

  > Product tutorials related to SigNoz, and technical content related to topics in our domain like opentelemetry, distributed tracing, application performance monitoring, etc.



- [SitePoint](https://sitepoint.typeform.com/to/DMmYfn) - $250 per article

  > Broad coverage of development, design and the business ideas behind them. The JavaScript and PHP channels have the best traffic.



- [Smashing Magazine](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/write-for-us/) - $200 to $250 per article

  > Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.



- [Software Engineering Daily](https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/write/)



- [Soshace](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DZ9Hj8AcNfHI6bC4bfTDIFRNIIFnda6Mkj_n_4x3hWw/edit) - $100 per piece

  > Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.



- [SpinupWP](https://spinupwp.com/writers-program/) - $500-$1,000 per piece

  > Technical articles on systems administration, caching, WordPress hosting, DevOps, site deployment and other server & WordPress-related topics. New articles, update existing articles or video tutorials/walkthroughs.



- [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/01/27/blog-contributor-guidelines/?cb=1)

  > Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.



- [Strapi](https://strapi.io/write-for-the-community) - Up to $200 per piece

  > Articles or tutorials with code covering use-cases, solutions and projects built with Strapi that include Vue, Open Source, JavaScript, GraphQL, Jamstack, React. Pick from a list of possible articles or pitch your own.

  

- [TakeShape](https://www.takeshape.io/jobs/contributing-writer/) - Up to $300 per piece

  > Web dev tutorials with code. General frontend topics including, React, JavaScript, GraphQL, Jamstack. Pick from a list of possible articles or pitch your own.



- [Tech Beacon](https://techbeacon.com/write) - $400 per piece

  > Broad coverage of development, DevOps, QA and security.

  

- [TechWell](https://www.techwell.com/techwell-submission-guidelines) - $200 per piece

  > A wide variety of technical and business content is considered.

  

- [TestDriven.io](https://testdriven.io/blog/) - $300-$500 per guest post

  > Web development tutorials designed to teach critical skills needed to test, launch, scale, and optimize applications.



- [Tutorialspoint](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/about/tutorials_writing.htm) - Up to $500 per piece

  > In-depth tutorials on technical and business topics.



- [Twilio](https://go.twilio.com/twilio-voices/) - Up to $500 per piece

  > Technical tutorials with code. Doesn't necessarily have to use Twilio.

  

- [Vonage](https://developer.nexmo.com/spotlight/) - $500 per piece

  > Technical tutorials and general pieces on programming

  

- [Vultr](https://www.vultr.com/docs/vultr-docs-program-guidelines) - Up to $300 per piece

  > most topic take a look on Vultr document



- [WPHUB](https://www.wphub.com/write-for-us/) - $200 per piece

  > Wordpress tutorials and articles.

  

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## Resources with similar lists

- [Who Pays Technical Writers](https://whopaystechnicalwriters.com/)



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