Why You Should Write For Medium’s Own Publications — And How To Do It

Hint: it’s not just about the money

Kenzie Kuo
5 min readAug 26, 2019
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay

So I’m trying to figure out how to make more money on Medium.

Not that I’m all about the money, but hey.

Girl’s gotta eat.

Apparently, word on the street is that that writing for Medium’s own publications guarantees you an income of $200 or more per story you write on Medium.

Could be just a rumor. After all, there is all sort of speculation going on as to Medium’s algorithm. Needless to say — my curiosity was piqued.

You too? Read on.

First off…

They are literally being promoted all the time on the front page, and top tabs, you can’t miss them.

There seem to be new ones sprouting up every month.

Cool. Where can I find them?

Go to your home page and look at the top of the page. You should see something like this:

This year, they launched a handful of new ones like OneZero, covering tech and science; Human Parts, publishing personal essays; ZORA, which is by, for, and about women of color; Elemental, which offers a scientific approach to health and wellness; Modus, on…

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