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12 x 12 Contributor

Kirsti Call

Kirsti Call is the co-host of the Picture Book Look Podcast. She has judged the Cybils award since 2015 and is a therapist trained life coach for creatives. Kirsti’s the author of MOOTILDA’S BAD MOOD (Little Bee)  COW SAYS MEOW (HMH), COLD TURKEY (Little Brown) and THE BIG SCREAM (Little Simon). Kirsti is represented by Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency.

My Books
  •  MOOTILDA’S BAD MOOD, (Little Bee, 2020)
  • COW SAYS MEOW, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021)
  • COLD TURKEY, (Little Brown, 2021)
  • THE BIG SCREAM (Little Simon, 2022)
  • SMARTY ANTS (Capstone, 2023)

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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).