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It’s time for a whole bunch of Good News! SIX 12 x 12 picture books made their way into the world this month. Plus, we have agent signings, book deals, and some amazing awards to

It’s time to announce the winner of our July check-in. July Featured Author Jenna Grodzicki is giving away two prizes! And the winners are… LIBBY DEMMON – HARMONY HUMBOLT: THE PERFECT PETS QUEEN IRENE RAWLING

Today, we are thrilled to bring Traci Van Wagoner’s How I Got My Agent to the world. Traci proves that it is indeed never too late to pursue your dream, but you definitely have to

For those of you wondering if it’s too late to get an agent and get your books published, Shirin Shamsi’s story is for you. You’ll also notice that while Shirin didn’t receive a lot of

I am thrilled to be your featured speaker this month. I joined 12 x 12 in its inaugural year, and I can’t imagine learning how to write picture books without this fantastic group. Today, I’m

Hello, my lovelies! How is your summer going? My mood has been much improved by the long days, warm weather, and ability to be outside. That hasn’t translated to a lot of writing though, because

GOLD members! August is almost here and have our own A Team of Featured Agents for you! Our 2021 Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose one of these two agents to submit

After a fiasco with her first agent, Jilanne Hoffmann could have packed up her writing tools and left. No one would have blamed her. But, that’s not what this writer did. She double downed as

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).