Fee Breakdown

• £460 GBP (~$570 USD) per completed episode script
• We expect each episode to total around 2400 words, making our rate approximately £0.19 per word ($0.24 USD as of 12 Jun 2020)
• This fee is broken down into three payments:
  • £50 GBP (~$65 USD) payable on completion of a structural outline for the episode
  • £180 GBP (~$230 USD) payable on completion of the first draft of the episode
  • £230 GBP (~$285 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 roughly 5–7 scenes, and New Adventures can be standalone episodes ("Track the Ripper") or multi-episode arcs ("Venus Rising").

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

Our first round of New Adventures commissions included:

• The Signals War by Avin Shah: 3-part historical fiction set in WWI. Player is a signals runner in lesser-known locations of the war – East Africa, Russia, and Asia.
• Spellcast by Bilal Dardai: 2-part comedy/fantasy set in a theme park. Player is a theme park dragon stunt show worker who must avert disaster when two duelling wizards appear.
• Matchmaker by Emily Short: Single "feature length" episode. Player is a matchmaker in a contemporary queer romantic comedy.
• Nellie Bly by Jessica Wright Buha: 5-part historical fiction. Player follows adventurer Nellie Bly as she attempts to circumnavigate the globe in record time.

Pitch guidelines