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Our Ecosystem makes it easy to Get your message out to thousands—& get paid.

Unlike Instagram or Facebook, Elephant is independent, and mission-driven—and despite having (slightly) fewer resources, we believe in paying our writers to offer quality to our readers.

Elephant was one of the first major sites to pay our best, consistent writers. But it was always hard to measure “best.” Now, we are introducing weekly payments to the top 10 articles on Elephant based on their Ecosystem Score—95% determined by our readers’ actions: reads, hearts, comments, and 5% determined by our Editor’s Picks (so that mission balances popularity).

Learn more about the Ecosystem via our FAQ.

New: Want to see the front-runners for next week’s Ecosystem Contest? Our new Contender Leaderboard is available here.

Note: When folks earn identical scores, we use the number of reads as the tiebreaker.

April 22-28 Winners

#1 Monika Carless $200 Editor's Pick

The Stages of Grief in Mother Wound (& 7 Ways they Manifest).

10
#2 Sharon A. DeNofa $108

The One Thing that Makes or Breaks our Romantic Relationships.

9.5
#3 Roopa Swaminathan $108 Editor's Pick

Stopping to Smell the Roses: What Finally convinced me to Start Living in the Moment.

9.1
#4 Vickee Boyd $108

8 Ways to Help yourself Perk Up & Feel Good Right Now.

8.5
#5 Amy C. Willis $75 Editor's Pick

The Power of Language: Exploring the (Cultish) Lexicon of AA.

8.4
#6 Billy Manas $75

10 Cheryl Strayed Quotes I Always Turn to when I feel Alone in the World.

8.4
#7 Brandilyn Tebo $75 Editor's Pick

4 Ways to Rewire our Addiction to Negative Emotions.

8.2
#8 Kaitlyn Ramsay $50 Editor's Pick

Living Abroad: The Pain they could Never Prepare you For.

8.2
#9 Nunzia Stark $50

“There is nothing permanent except change.” ~ Heraclitus (So we may as well Embrace It.)

8.1
#10 Linda Maria Jones $50

The Secret to Staying Young.

8.1

 

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