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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 8-14 Winners

#1 Sharon A. DeNofa $200 Editor's Pick

Shattering Quotes on Love, Loneliness & Heartbreak that Feed my Soul (& might Feed Yours).

10
#2 Vickee Boyd $108 Editor's Pick

11 Things Never to Say to Someone with Bipolar Disorder.

9.8
#3 Roopa Swaminathan $108

Orange may be the New Black. But is Chelsea Handler the New…Kindness?

9.5
#4 Damini Grover $108

11 Rumi Quotes to Remember on the Days we Feel Sad. {Bonus: 3 Verses}

9.5
#5 Christopher Donovan $75

False Red Flags—3 Things that might Send you Running for the Wrong Reasons.

9.2
#6 Holly Smee $75 Editor's Pick

15 Things a Therapist Wants you to Know about the Pandemic.

8.9
#7 Elizabeth Gordon $75 Editor's Pick

5 Facts to Know about our Brain so we can Understand Ourselves—& Finally Heal.

8.4
#8 Val Cavalheri $50 Editor's Pick

The DNA Test that Upended my Life.

8.3
#9 Michelle Schafer $50

23 Lessons on Love & Relationships We All Need to Read.

8.2
#10 Susan Deeley $50 Editor's Pick

Things that a Mother Wants you to Know about Grief.

8.2

 

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