Educational Writers Wanted For ESL Website

The World & I Online is a cross-curriculum educational resource and monthly magazine. They are looking for freelance writers to submit article submissions of 1,000-1,500 words about inspirational and outstanding ESL Americans. Particularly, they would like to see stories about Americans who overcame adversity (language barriers, discrimination, poverty, etc) and became successful contributors to their community and country.

"We are most interested in reading stories about prominent social and political figures, such as Cesar Chavez, Jaime Escalante, Joseph Pulitzer, Frances X. Cabrini, Dalip Singh Saund, Felix Frankfurter, Frank Capra, etc. Or you may have an equally inspiring story about your neighbor, or a local activist or businessperson. Either way, we value themes of hard work, perseverance, a love for learning, and above all, hope."

"Please keep in mind that your audience will be ESL students. We will favor quality submissions with a less-complex writing style."


They will be paying $100 per accepted submission.

You can send article submissions and query letters to editors@worldandi.com.

Work From Home Resource--Greeting Card Universe

Have you heard of Greeting Card Universe? You sign up for free, design and open your own online store (free), and then design your own greeting cards by uploading your on creative designs and wording for your cards.

Cards sell for $1.99 each. Designers/sellers are given 50 cents for each sale. As a designer/store owner, you are able to purchase your own cards at a discount ($1.49 each). So, you can buy these cards and sell them for a higher price elsewhere.

Payments are through Paypal or check, once the $25.00 minimum is reached.

You also have the option to make your designs available as free ecards. When these ecards are sent, there’s an ad that will say something like “This free ecard is also available as a print greeting card.” - pointing to where they can buy it online.

Another cool thing about Greeting Card Universe is that they are the only greeting card provider for BigDates-Solutions.com, which is the leader in reminder service solutions. Through reminder emails that their customers sign up for, your cards will be suggested to the right people, at the right time for the right occasion (birthday, anniversary, etc.)

There is also an option offered by Greeting Card Universe where you simply choose cards that you like, design a widget with those designs, add it to your blog, and when someone clicks through from your widget to their site, and purchases any greeting cards ( not just the ones shown on your widget), you will be paid .50 for each card sold.

I have not actually tried this myself, but I thought it sounded interesting and could be worth checking out, especially for creative artistic moms at home looking for extra income resources.

If you already have tried Greeting Card Universe or have more insight about it, good or bad, please share!!