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We are so proud of RG Spaulding and all that’s she accomplished so far. Once she decided to pursue picture books, she dove into learning about the craft of writing and illustrating, as well as

It’s time to announce the winner of our February check-in. February Featured Author Michal Babay is giving away a signed copy of I’M A GLUTEN-SNIFFING SERVICE DOG! And the winner is… SHIRIN SHAMSI! Congrats! Please contact Kelli

Recently, I took my first solo road trip since the pandemic. Before Covid, being on the road by myself was one of my joys in life. I loved being able to put both the car

February was a good month for me! I took myself up to a mountain cabin for a writing retreat. It felt so good to reconnect to my creativity after what seems like months of silence.

Time to march toward a new submission opportunity for our 12 x 12 GOLD members! Be sure to read all the posts in the Submission Station of the forum, before you start submitting. Check out

Welcome, Natasha Khan Kazi! We love Natasha’s How I Got My Agent story because it shows that when you put yourself out there to get feedback, great things can happen. We can’t wait for Natasha’s

February is the month of love and it’s time for us to show some love to our 12 x 12 members who have new books in the world, who have signed with an agent, who

We’re so pleased to bring you Jennifer Concepcion’s How I Got My Agent story. Jennifer was one of 2021 12 x 12 Scholarship recipients and we couldn’t be more pleased to celebrate this milestone with

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).