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12 x 12 member Khushboo Patel takes us on her journey to finding her new agent, Joyce Sweeney at the Seymour Agency.

October Featured Author Srividhya Venkat shares how to embrace your inner critic and let it motivate you to picture book writing success!

It's your last chance to grab this year's Back-to-School bundles before they go back to regular price! Get ready to level up your writing!

Get to know Jazmia Young of Curtis Brown and Charlotte Wenger of Prospect Agency, our 12 x 12 Featured Agents for October 2023.

Time to celebrate your September accomplishments! Enter to win a picture book from Featured Author Janet Sumner Johnson!

12 x 12 member Andi Chitty reveals the behind-the-scenes works that went into landing her agent, Jen Newens at Martin Literary Management

Time to announce the winner of our August 2023 check-in. Our prize this month comes from Featured Author Donna Cangelosi.

12 x 12 member Christina Shawn shares the work and excitement behind signing with Liz Nealon at Great Dog Literary.

Financial Need Scholarship Guidelines

All applications will be accepted via email only between November 1, 2024 – November 30, 2024 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).