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Cynthia Harmony – How I Got My Agent

12 X 12 Challenge | Cynthia Harmony

In this installment of How I Got My Agent, we celebrate 12 x 12 member Cynthia Harmony! Cynthia’s commitment to researching agents and sending submissions out to her carefully curated agent list really paid off in landing an agent that was perfect fit for her work. We can’t wait to read the books Cynthia will […]

Costantia Manoli – How I Got My Agent

12 X 12 Challenge | Costantia Manoli

We are THRILLED to bring you today’s How I Got My Agent story! Costantia Manoli was a 12 x 12 Diversity Scholarship winner in 2019! (Read the announcement here.) But 2019 wasn’t the first time she applied for the scholarship. When she missed out on the scholarship the first time she applied, she went back […]

Cheryl Kim – How I Got My Agent

12 x 12 Challenge | Cheryl Kim

Cheryl Kim was one of our Diversity Scholarship winners in 2017, so to say that we are proud of her and ecstatic about her success is an understatement. She is a talented writer and we love how she expresses in this post that we don’t know what we don’t know. In 12 x 12, she […]

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).