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Hello, friends! As someone who joined 12 x 12 in 2017 and has enjoyed these monthly author posts ever since, it feels a little surreal to be this month’s featured author! Since these posts usually

GOLD members! It’s almost October. Here are your Featured Agents for the new month! Our 2021 Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose one of these two agents to submit their manuscript to

Can somebody please explain to me how it is the end of September? I feel like I just got back from Italy (and dropping my daughter off at school) yesterday, even though that was August

It’s time to fall in love with new 12 x 12 books! We have 14 new 12 x 12 books to celebrate this month! FOURTEEN! Plus, we have agent signings, book deals, and some amazing

When a charter 12 x 12 member (that’s means they’ve been a member since 2012!) gets an agent, this is our first reaction: via GIPHYFollowed by pure celebration: via GIPHYAnd this post is our chance

It’s time to announce the winner of our August check-in. August Featured Author Darshna Khiani a signed copy of her book HOW TO WEAR A SARI (U.S. only) and a 20-min Zoom session to talk

When Kelli reached out and asked me to be a featured author this month, I was thrilled. Then, butterflies fluttered in my stomach. Even though I’ve been a 12 x 12 member since 2018, even

GOLD members! September is just around the corner. (Where did August go? We have no idea.) Here are your Featured Agents for the new month! Our 2021 Little GOLDen Book members will be able to

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).