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Casey W. Robinson

Casey W. Robinson is a writer of children’s books and poetry, and the events manager for her local independent bookstore, The Silver Unicorn, in Acton, Massachusetts. She is an alum of the New England Young Writers’ Conference at Bread Loaf, and co-founder of the program’s Kindred Spirit Scholars program, which aims to help make the conference more inclusive and more representative of the diversity of New England. Casey is an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and served as Co-Director of the New England SCBWI Spring Regional Conference 2019/2020/2021. A member of 12×12 since 2015, Casey loves staying connected to her picture book community through her role as critique ninja. She is represented by Rick Margolis of Rising Bear Literary Agency. 

My Books
IVER AND ELLSWORTH; more forthcoming

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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).