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12 x 12 February 2016 Check-in!

Helloooo everybody! This is an exciting time because it’s not only check-in day, it’s also the last day of registration for the 2016 challenge. That means as of tomorrow, our community will be complete and we’ll get onto the business of getting to know one another even better and digging in for the remainder of […]

12 x 12 Success Story: Shauna Reynolds

Today’s 12 x 12 Success Story, Shauna Reynolds, is particularly exciting because Shauna was one of the 12 x 12 Scholarship recipients in 2015, our inaugural scholarship year! Shauna went into 12 x 12 with some interest from an agent, but no representation because her work “wasn’t quite there yet.” That did not stop Shauna, […]

Financial Need Scholarship Guidelines

All applications will be accepted via email only between November 1, 2023 – November 30, 2023 at kelli@juliehedlund.com.

Subject line of the email:

  1. 12 x 12 Financial Need Scholarship
 

Please include the following in the body of the email:

  1. An autobiographical statement and career summary in 250 words or fewer.
  2. A short statement describing the nature of the financial need/circumstances in 250 words or fewer.
  3. A sample query letter for the manuscript you are submitting with your application.
  4. Pitches for two additional completed picture books.
 

 Attached to the email:

  1.  The full text of one picture book manuscript, attached as a Word document named as FIN_YourFirstName_YourLastName_Title_of_Manuscript.doc (or docx).