Earn up to $1,500 CASH with Buzzfeed’s Winter Writer’s Challenge

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It’s time to create your own BuzzFeed quizzes and posts to enter into the 2023 BuzzFeed Winter Writer’s Challenge! You’ll need to sign up or log in to your BuzzFeed Community account to submit a Community post. It’s Free

Buzzfeed’s Winter Writer’s Challenge Eligibility

To participate in the Buzzfeed Community Winter Writer’s Challenge, you must be at least 16 years of age and a legal resident of the US as of January 1, 2023. You are not eligible if you are a BuzzFeed full-time employee (including full-time contract employee, freelancer, and intern) or have been employed with BuzzFeed within the past six months.

Make your own posts and quizzes this winter to earn some $$$ from BuzzFeed! Head to the link below for all the details, tips, and tricks from our team. We can’t wait to see what you create!

What You Can Earn

For any eligible posts published between January 1st through February 28th, 2023, that reach any pageview thresholds below, Buzzfeed will pay you cash! You could earn between $100 and $1500 per post if your submissions fall within one of the following traffic tiers:

Buzzfeed Content Requirements

Buzzfeed Editors editors choose what content can be promoted across the site and social networks. They typically select posts that check at least one of the following criteria so make sure you create content that is Buzzfeed approved and will also have the best potential for getting views.

Fits in with current trends of what’s performing well on the site
Fits with BuzzFeed’s editorial voice and standards
Relevant to a topic that our users are searching for on the site
Fills a content gap that our editorial staff is not currently writing about
Originality and exceptional cleverness in voice, frame, or topic
Does not violate our Community Rules or User Agreement
Is in English
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Getting View

The #1 way that a post will goes viral is by getting noticed by one of the Buzzfeed Community editors and being promoted within the Buzzfeed network. A post is only promoted on Buzzfeed network if a Community editor selects and edits the post for promotion.