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Time to reveal the winner of our April 2024 check-in. Our prize this month comes from Featured Author Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson.

12 x 12 member Katherine Rothstein shares the submissions path that lead her to Jen Newens at Martin Literary Management.

Featured Author Thelia Hutchinson tells how believing in herself—and entering a pitch contest—helped get MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE published.

What did YOU accomplish in April? Tell us about your progress and check in for a chance to win a prize from Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson.

Get to know our May Featured Agents Liz Nealon of Great Dog Literary and Rick Margolis of Rising Bear Literary.

Delano Brown talks about getting the push he needed to query and how it led him to Ariana Philips of Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency.

Time to announce the winner of our March 2024 check-in. Our prize this month comes from Featured Author Christine Van Zandt.

12 x 12 member Jyn Hall shares the behind-the-scenes story of landing her new agent, Carey Blankenship-Kramer at Belcastro Agency.

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).