"Kill Fee" Q & A
Hi everyone - wondered if you've added a "kill fee" to your freelance contract. If you're not familiar with it, a "kill fee" is added to ensure you get paid a portion of your project fee if it "dies". I'd love to hear your thoughts, plus if you have a link to a solid freelance contract template, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thank you in advance!
Hi, Anne. There's a link to a contract with kill fee language in it here: https://vlaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Sample-Work-For-Hire-Agreement.pdf
If you write for a publication that offers a kill fee, sometimes the language in the contract also has escape clauses to let the publication out of paying the kill fee.
Thank you so much for the link, Jill and unfortunately, I was told about the escape clauses. Yay.