Wrote an article a few years back...
I was trying to be a writer and was looking for gigs when I came across Moviefone asking for writers to "write about a movie that changed your life". Mine got accepted. Made 20 bucks. I am still proud of it.
http://news.moviefone.com/2010/09/17/the-movie-that-changed-my-life-pay-it-forward/