We’ve got a bunch of new freelance writing jobs for you this week plus an optional full-time writing job related to freelance writing, so let’s get straight to it.

The Freelance Writing Jobs

1. Financial article writer - requiring a degree in finance and two years’ experience writing for financial publications, this freelance writing gig is a great option for people who are gurus of the stock market. To apply, send in your resume, three relevant samples, and a cover letter. Pay is $75 per 500-700 word article.
2. Freelance Writers/photographers - if you’re a hunter or a fisher, this is the freelance writing job for you! Both freelance writers and photographers are needed for this, so send along a resume, a cover letter, and examples of your work to the email address indicated. Compensation is $150 per article.
3. Web design blogger - if you’re a whiz with Front End Design, Photoshop or Illustrator (to start, anyway), this would be a great freelance writing gig for you. You’ll be putting together tutorials and articles on how to use these programs. Email details of yourself, your availability, and links to samples.  As always, before applying for these “up to” gigs, be sure to request more details about average actual pay per piece. This also looks like it might be spec work, so evaluate the gig carefully before deciding whether or not it’s for you. Pay is up to $200 per tutorial/article.
4. Freelance Copywriter – a life coach in San Francisco is looking for a freelance writer to help with the redesign / copy for their website. Social media expertise is a plus. Send your resume and websites you’ve written copy for to apply.  The ad doesn’t say how many pages the project includes, so clarify that to decide if the pay rate is worthwhile for you. Pay is $200 for the total project.
5. Business plan writer – if you’re in the Rhode Island area and you can put together compelling business plans, check this freelance writing job out. I know for a fact you could swing this gig as far away as Massachusetts or Connecticut. This person is handicapped in terms of writing and needs a freelance writer to meet him in Tiverton to go over his dynamic plan. Send along some impressive samples. Again, ask for more details about the length of the completed plan to decide if it’s worth your time at a rate of $300. Pay is a $100 retainer plus $200 upon completion.
6. Art writer - art website needs a freelance writer who can put together compelling articles about different artists. To apply, send along samples of your work as well as a resume. Pay is $50 per article from 500 – 1000 words.
7. Art industry writer – unlike the previous freelance writing job, the freelance writer taking this assignment would be familiar with art gallery business as well as fine art. The ideal candidate must be familiar with the Los Angeles art scene. To apply, send a resume, a cover letter, and a short sample. Pay is $50 per article under 500 words.
8. Director of technology – this is not a freelance writing gig. Instead, this is an opportunity to apply for a full-time position with the Freelancers Union as their CTO. If you have worked with them and are based in the NYC area, this would be an ideal job to apply for. Jenn passed this along to me and I agreed that it would be good to let everyone know about this position, because you or someone you know might really be interested in working for them.

Freelance Writing Job Tip of the Week

Get an elevator speech! Jenn doesn’t know that I am posting this but her freelance writing contest is a ridiculously easy and fun way to get one together. Why an elevator speech? If you haven’t already read why, here’s the quick and dirty–you need to know what it is you do as a freelance writer, why you do it, and what value you can provide to a client while standing on one foot. Maybe you won’t meet your dream client on an elevator, and that’s fine. An elevator speech isn’t always literal. This is your punchline, your killer copy, your raison d’ecrire. You need to figure out what your hook is, and this is the way to do it. Even if you never use an elevator speech, writing one is one of the most valuable things you can do as a freelance writer. After you write it, send it in! You could win a whole mess of prizes for doing something that’s good for your business. How crazy is that??

Worst Freelance Writing Job

You need to be proficient in English and a Native speaker (you need to have good grammar and spelling; it will be great if you can write interesting articles people reads)  I do not need anyone from outside of U.S. So, please do not reply.  Two types of writer I am looking for is:
1. FIREARMS – I need someone who is passionate with Firearms.  Person who knows the law, manufacturer, tips & tricks of Firearms.
2. ACCOUNTING – I need someone who is knowledgeable with Business Accounting.  Person who knows how to help with start-up company and small-mid size business accounting problems.  Resolving issues, tips & tricks of accounting.
For each article, I will pay you $10 dollars for it. So, I use fix price of $40 dollars for one month.

$10 per article isn’t the worst gig out there, but you certainly can do better. But what makes this so bad? After all, I’ve posted far worse, right? Yeah, but guess where this came from? oDesk, which uses software to watch you while you work. So not only can you write articles–in native English only, please–about firearms and accounting, but you can have Big Brother digging his claws into your shoulder the entire time! Thanks, but I could panhandle for more dignity.

If you’d like to look through longer aggregated lists of freelance writing jobs to help you save time in your job search, All Freelance Writing recommends Anne Wayman’s freelance writing jobs at AboutFreelanceWriting.com.