No I don't think so.

With Basic level you can write 10 articles and later you will either be upgraded to Basic plus or Platinum.

Basic plus is almost same as basic but you can continue till 25 articles (I'm not sure). If your articles are really good, you will be upgraded to platinum. Sometimes you will be upgraded directly from basic to platinum.

Once you are in the platinum list, your article will get reviewed fast.

This is the extract from the email you get when you are upgraded from basic to basic plus:

"This level of membership is between BASIC and PLATINUM UNLIMITED and is
awarded when we believe your articles are "Good" or "Great" enough to
warrant allowing more submissions, but some small thing must be missing
that stopped us from upgrading your account to Platinum Unlimited status."

Hope this helps.

I believe you earn it after you've had some articles approved... and
yes, I think it's fast-tracked. It's my theory that the more often you
submit articles that get approved the 1st time the more likely the
editors will quickly scan your article and approve it - because you've
earned EZA's trust.

Just reached that level and have another 3 articles in waiting. They are all on the first bar but curiously it's yellow when previously it was red.