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Find out how to make extra money as a greeting card writer
My brother-in-law has a tradition of making home-made cards for every family birthday celebration. The cards are amazing. They are all hand-drawn in pencil ( he is a busy dad and Father after all) and they are all reflective of the current state of our lives, with a funny (no, let me be honest, more like a sarcastic) twist.
If you have someone in your family like that, then feel free to pass along this post on how to make extra money as a Greeting Card Writer..
Billions, yes billions of greeting cards are sold per year in the U.S. alone, I mean, who hasn't heard of Hallmark, right?
For
those of you with a funny wit and great articulation skills, this may
mean a great way to put some extra money in your pocket.
I had no
idea until I started researching this niche, that there were so many
greeting card companies out there. That simply means that there are
LOTS of opportunities for you to make money!
1. Freedom Greetings
This
company has two postings on their site, one for sales distributors and
the other allows for freelance art, editorial and creative submissions
via their website.
http://freedomgreetings.com/about/workingforfreedom.php
2. Gallant greetings
This
company is also not looking for freelance greeting card writers at this
time, but when they do, similar to Hallmark, they do accept some long
term writers.
http://www.gallantgreetings.com/contact.cfm
3. Avanti Press
This
company is one of the largest distributors of greeting cards in the
U.S. Right now, they are not accepting submissions for greeting card writers, but it never hurts to
keep an eye on this site as well, or just send them a submission, in
case they are looking for new writers.
http://www.avantipress.com/submit/submissions/writing-submission
4. Com Stock Market Place
This
company's niche is in Adult humor, so please be aware of that. They do
accept submissions regularly and pay up to $50.00 for accepted
submissions.
http://comstockmarketplace.com/guidelines.php
5. Smart Alex
Funny,
offbeat but tasteful... that is how this company brands themselves.
This company also specializes in adult humor but they are not as bold as
Comstock. They also require that you send a self-addressed stamped envelope with your submission.
http://www.smartalexinc.com/pages/artist_submissions/124.php
6. Blue Mountain Arts
I
see job leads most often coming from this greeting card company. This
is more of a family friendly brand and they specialize in deep and
articulate thoughts, they prefer no rhyming, religious or humorous
writings.
They pay $300 per poem for the exclusive rights to your greeting card.
Score!
http://www.sps.com/help/writers_guidelines.html
7. It Takes Two
Not much info on this one, though they do have a spot for anyone to submit their entries on the website.
http://ittakestwo.com/artists.html
8. Hallmark
Ok,
so this company is a little different simply because of how HUGE they
are in this marketplace. Rather than offer on time freelance work, they
offer careers for writers.
If this is something that might interest you then you can apply here:
http://corporate.hallmark.com/FAQs/FAQ-Inventors
9. Oatmeal Studios
As you
can probably tell by their name, they don't take themselves too
seriously. Even better, they are accepting submissions, yay!
http://oatmealstudios.com/html5/pages/writers_guide.html
10. American Greetings
Another
biggie in the industry, you can imagine that they are overwhelmed with
inquiries about submissions. They don't take very many submissions
anymore, in fact they mostly do interviews with possible candidates, but
it might be worth it to try to get an audience with them because of the
great exposure they offer.
http://corporate.americangreetings.com/contact.html
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