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Welcome to our April Good News! And, who doesn’t need a shot of good news this month? We have new books, new agent deals, and new book contracts to celebrate! If you have good news

After a few months of website updates and upgrades, we’re thrilled to bring back our How I Got My Agent series! We’ll be posting a new agent story every Tuesday. Our goal is to not

It’s time to announce the winner of our March check-in. March Featured Author Kirsti Call is giving away a copy of her new book COW SAYS MEOW (and stickers!) to one lucky 12 x 12

Finding the Heart of Your Story So much writing advice has to do with persistence . . . and there’s no doubt that this is important. You can’t get published if you don’t keep writing

Hello, 12xers! I can hardly believe we are already one quarter into 12 x 12 in 2021. But I am excited for the impending arrival of spring here in CO (we’re not there yet) and

GOLD members! Let’s spring into April submissions! Our 2021 Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose one of these two agents to submit their manuscript to in April. (If you are a SILVER

Welcome to our March Good News! Let’s spring into celebrating good news with our 12 x 12 members. We’ve got new books, new agent deals, new book contracts, and shiny new book awards! If you

As the founder of 12 x 12, I am so disheartened by the dramatic rise in Anti-Asian racism in the Western world, and in the U.S. in particular. The tragic deaths of six Asian-American women

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).