I am not sure how many articles you need to write to get to be a platinum level expert author at ezinearticles but I have written only 11 articles and made that level. I have read that it takes at least 50 but that is not the case for me. Maybe I wrote better articles than most, maybe I was lucky – I don’t know.
What I do know is I got a little Christmas present from them. It was waiting for me when we got back back from a break at Noosa Heads. Gee, the postage would have cost them a bit to get to me in Australia. I got a little note saying Congrats, a notepad, a mouse mat (does anyone use them anymore?) and a stainless steel ballpoint pen. The pen is actually pretty nice – it’s light and writes really well, smooth like a rollerball pen.
If you want read this post on the top 20 article directories you should write for – ezinearticle is number one.
goldcoaster 
Well done that’s a sweet prize 😉
Thanks AnotherSociety for the comment.
I’m new to ezinearticles, I signed up and posted my first article a few days back (I think it was on the 16th May) and I just got an email today saying my articles got accepted :D….I’ve been reading a little about how strict ezinearticle is, but was surprise that my article got accept in just a few days…and also in the mail they mentioned “You’ve also earned Expert Author status”…kinda happy about that :D…..but wondered how many author levels there is, and google for it, and I stumble on your site. Now I just found out that ezinearticles reward their authors, what an encouraging thing to do :D….I am motivated, and hope to be like you soon…many thanks to your blogpost
~Cheers!