Fee Breakdown

• £460 GBP (~$640 USD) per completed episode script
• We expect each episode to total around 2200 words, making our rate approximately £0.21 per word (~$0.29 USD)
• This fee is broken down into three payments:
  • £50 GBP (~$70 USD) payable on completion of a structural outline for the episode
  • £180 GBP (~$250 USD) payable on completion of the first draft of the episode
  • £230 GBP (~$320 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.

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 ("Run to the Deep") or multi-episode arcs ("Volcano Race").

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

Our existing non-fiction New Adventures include:

• Run with the Ancestors: Single episode about Britain's changing environment over 500,000 years and how humans evolved along with it.
• Journey to the Centre of the Eye: ****Single episode where the player is shrunk to the size of a photon to learn about the inner workings of the eye.
• Volcano Race: 2-part dramatised episode. Player is a "Technical Intern" gathering data with a team on a volcano, then it unexpectedly erupts and they must flee for their lives!
• Run the Solar System: 2-part episode about life in space and our own solar system. Player learns how astronauts train for their job, then runs from the Sun to Neptune.

Pitch guidelines

Please include in your submission:

• 1–3 ideas, each no more than 50 words, included in the body of your email – not as a separate attachment. Each pitch should convey a clear sense of the tone, style, and key selling points of your idea. Please don't include an estimate of episode count or length in your pitches – this can be very hard to assess and we will work together to finalise episode count at a later stage.
• Two pages of sample writing that demonstrates your ability to convey information in a concise and entertaining way e.g. a short article, blog post, script, etc. This can be taken from any project, but we prefer that it not be written specifically for this application where possible. This is because we would prefer that people do not undertake uncompensated writing work as part of this process. Your writing sample must be attached to your application as a PDF, labelled "[Your name] Writing Sample".
• Where you heard about this opportunity.

Pitch submissions are not compensated. We plan to respond to pitch submissions within 90 days.

If we decide to take your submission further, you will be asked to undertake a small amount of development work to produce a structural outline on one of your ideas as the next stage in the process. You will be paid for this work.

Writers will be credited in the app alongside their stories.