Fee Breakdown

• £460 GBP (~$620 USD) per completed episode script
• We expect each episode to total around 2400 words, making our rate approximately £0.19 per word ($0.26 USD as of 02 Sept 2021)
• This fee is broken down into three payments:
  • £50 GBP (~$67 USD) payable on completion of a structural outline for the episode
  • £180 GBP (~$240 USD) payable on completion of the first draft of the episode
  • £230 GBP (~$310 USD) payable on completion of the final draft of the episode
    • Note: This fee covers the completion of up to two additional drafts of the episode script after the first draft.

Early Career Writer Track

We want to help early career writers get their first step on the ladder. If you have never been paid for your writing before, this track is open to you.

• This track works alongside the general submissions track.
• Successful applicants will be offered additional advice and mentorship throughout the development process.
• We aim to fully commission at least one project from this group in addition to projects commissioned through our general submissions track.
• No additional work will be required by members of this group, and the advancement of your application is not contingent on you accepting any additional mentorship.

Please mention in your application if you are interested in this mentorship.

New Adventures

Six to Start’s New Adventures are audio stories players experience while they run, jog, or walk. Players hear a short scenes of audio (1–3 minutes long) interspersed with songs from the music player on their phone. Each episode of a New Adventure features 6–8 scenes, and New Adventures can be standalone episodes (e.g. "The 13th Runner") or multi-episode arcs (e.g. "Nellie Bly").

New Adventures are released to our players through the Zombies, Run! **app, but are not part of the Zombies, Run! story continuity.

Our last round of New Adventures commissions included:

• Godmaker by Mur Lafferty: 5-part dark fantasy set in a city dedicated to the dead. Player is an apprentice to a woman called the Godmaker who makes magical idols.
• The 13th Runner by Kieren Knapp: Single horror episode set inside an exercise app. Player runs a route mapped out by a mysterious stranger and hears the grisly commentary of someone else who has run the route before.
• Coming Up Leon by Yves Donlon: Single comedy/drama episode set in London. Player is one of a group of friends trying to track down Leon, a transgender man who has gone missing on the day of his coming out party.

Pitch guidelines

Please include in your submission: