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Q&A How is the monetary value of a single submission determined?

I have read couple of submission guidelines and publisher notes that pays on the "word" unit for descriptive essays, articles and lists. (For ex, 2₹/word). Then there are different guidelines for p...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Karan Desai‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:38:31Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/44385
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Karan Desai‭ · 2019-12-08T11:38:31Z (over 4 years ago)
I have read couple of submission guidelines and publisher notes that pays on the "word" unit for descriptive essays, articles and lists. (For ex, 2₹/word). Then there are different guidelines for poems - that weighs the value over number of lines used and number of constraints followed. (For ex, strictly 10 lines).

But I am confused about the units itself. What exactly "word count" counts - all the words in the submitted article including a, an, the, conjunction etc? How does number of lines determined in the poem - the line after a punctuation mark like Question mark, Exclamation mark or full stop?

Who decides the prices? Is there any standard out there that shows today's price of one word is 1₹ (like daily fuel prices)?

What, in general, are other standard parameters a submission goes through during monetary evaluation?

Please note, I am not talking about a novel or such long publications. I am talking about single essay/article, or poetry submissions.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-04-05T06:37:44Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 6