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Natalie Lakosil and Kayla Cichello – 12 x 12 Featured Agents September 2022

GOLD members! September submission opportunities are coming your way! Check out our September Featured Agent profiles below and decide who is the best fit for you and your work. Then read the guidelines on the forum as you prepare your submission. Be sure to double check everything before you hit the send button. Little GOLDen […]

Deirdre Prishcmann – How I Got My Agent

Deirdre Prischmann Agent

Let’s celebrate with Deirdre Prischmann! Her enthusiasm for learning and changing directly impacted the end of her successful agent search. Authors should always be learning and Deirdre is a perfect example. Congrats, Deirdre! We look forward to your books filled with crawling critters! How long had you been writing before seeking an agent, and what […]

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).