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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 monthly 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). The three runner-up articles will be offered a gift subscription to share with a friend or family member.

Learn more about the Ecosystem via our FAQ. Find our new Contender Leaderboard here.

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

July Winners

#1 Roopa Swaminathan $108

This Profound Billy Bob Thornton Quote made my Grieving Heart feel Seen.

#2 Yael Terramel Weisbach $108

One Question to Ask yourself when you want Someone who is Unavailable.

#3 Roopa Swaminathan $108

I Finally Embraced these 3 Basic Truths & it led me Closer to Enlightenment.

#4 Damini Grover $100

Honoring Endings: 6 Ways to Make Peace when things End.

#5 Anna Palmer $90

Aquarius Full Moon: Expanding into New Form. {August 1}

#6 Galina Singer $80 Editor's Pick

“Am I Settling?”—the Wrong Question to ask when we’re Questioning our Relationship.

#7 Sharon A. DeNofa $70

Falling Back Together Again. 

#8 Ashley Franklin $60

Torn Pages & Open Roads: The Art of Ending a Chapter with Grace.

#9 Lora O'Brien $50

I Used to have a Best Friend—& Now I Don’t.

#10 Michelle Schafer $40

The Stranger I once called my Love—a Man I used to Know.

#11 Alison Kay Hart Editor's Pick

Why “Barbie” is the Self-Love Movie of the Summer that you Weren’t Planning on Seeing but Definitely Should.

#12 Stepanka Kuralova

3 Healing Poems by Yung Pueblo that will Set you Free.

#13 Dorothee Marossero Editor's Pick

Embracing Ageless Possibilities: Debunking the Myth of a Woman’s Expiration Date.

 

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