12 x 12 January 2016 Check-in!
Well, well, well. We’ve reached the end of the first month of the fifth year of 12 x 12! And what an exciting one it’s been! As of this writing, we have exactly 740 members who’ve joined us in 2016 and are already filling the Forum and the Facebook group with manuscripts for critique, tips, […]
12 x 12 Success Story: Vivian Kirkfield
To continue our series on 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge Success Stories, today we’re shining the spotlight on Vivian Kirkfield. Just last week, Publisher’s Weekly announced her very first book deal – SWEET DREAMS SARAH – to be published by Creston Books. Vivian is one of the hardest working, kindest, most encouraging and […]
12 x 12 Success Story: Tim McCanna
On registration day, I shared Marcie Colleen’s 12 x 12 success story. Today it’s Tim McCanna’s turn. Tim is another inaugural member of 12 x 12, going into his fifth year of membership. Since joining 12 x 12, he’s published a storybook app and a print book with Little Bahalia Publishing, signed with an agent, and […]
Registration for 12 x 12 in 2016 is OPEN!
Today is the day many of you have been waiting for. EVERYONE who is interested in joining the 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge is now invited to come on in! To celebrate this first day of general registration in our FIFTH year anniversary, I bring you a Success Story from one of our […]
12 x 12 January Featured Author Ame Dyckman
I told our FIRST 12 x 12 featured author of 2016, Ame Dyckman, that I wish I had even 1/8 of her energy and humor. You’ll see what I mean after you read this EPIC post! It makes me so happy, I want to read it every day for the rest of my life. What […]
12 x 12 December 2016 Check-in Winner!
It’s time to give away our December prize! This month’s winner will win a 12 x 12 2016 SILVER membership! And the winner is… NANCY RIMAR!! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your mailing address to claim your prize. Congrats on completing a year of 12 x 12! Registration for returning […]
Meet our 2016 12 x 12 Scholarship Winners!
Let’s ring in the New Year by congratulating and welcoming our 2016 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge Scholarship winners! In 2014, the 12 x 12 community generously donated funds to provide four scholarships in two categories — Diversity and Financial Need — for pre-published picture book authors. The generosity continued in 2015–our members donated again […]
12 x 12 December 2015 Check-In!
Hello my dear 12 x 12 participants, It is New Year’s Eve. The very last day of 2015, and thus this of year’s challenge. I am always simultaneously sad and excited on this day. Excited because a brand new, shiny year is ahead of us full of possibility. 2016 is extra-special because it is the FIFTH anniversary […]
12 x 12 November Check-in Winner!
It’s time to give away our November prize! This month’s winner will win an autographed copy of SHARING THE BREAD from our Featured Author Pat Zietlow Miller. And the winner is… JODI MCKAY!! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your mailing address to claim your prize. It’s the last month of 12 […]
12 x 12 November Check-in!
Here’s what happens when the last day of the month falls on a MONDAY after a holiday weekend: things get delayed. My sincere apologies, but fear not! You will still have the same amount of time to check in. We’ll announce winners on December 3, and the featured author post will come tomorrow. Meanwhile, we […]
