EzineArticles is the first place you should consider when writing and submitting articles as it's the best place for quality targeted traffic.

Submitting to EzineArticles and having your articles approved is more of a lengthy process, but this is one of the reasons it's considered the top article directory online as they manually review each article.

They do have a paid option which apparently speeds up the approval process because paid members are pushed to the front of the line. But in my opinion - it's not worth the price.

When submitting to EzineArticles, make sure you provide unique content and not re-written private label right articles as you won't get approved and run the risk of losing your account.