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12 x 12 March 2015 Check-In!

I always find myself more than a little astonished when we reach the end of the first quarter of the challenge. I always want to protest, “But wait! It’s still so shiny and new.” This year, in particular, it really does feel that way. Why? I think we’ve had the greatest number of active new […]

Eve Porinchak & Jaida Temperly – 12 x 12 Featured Agents April 2015

Eve Porinchak & Jaida Temperly - 12 x 12 Featured Agents

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Eve Porinchak of Jill Corcoran Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members April 1-15. Jaida Temperly from New Leaf Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 […]

12 x 12 February Check-in Winner!

It’s time to giveaway our February prize! This month’s winner will get a picture book critique from our own Jodi Moore. And the lucky winner is… JENNIFER GILL FAHRION!! Congrats! Please contact me at JulieFHedlund (at) gmail (dot) com to claim your prize. We are just getting started! Get to work on your March draft and […]

12 x 12 February 2015 Check-In!

Brrrr… That’s how the weather’s been here in February. But great for writing! Or rather, for me, revising. I didn’t complete a new draft in February, but I did revise THREE manuscripts, two of which are now on submission. So I call that a successful month! Now tell us about you. Did you complete a draft […]

Samantha Bremekamp & Adriana Dominguez – 12 x 12 Featured Agents March 2015

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Samantha Bremekamp from Corvisiero Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members March 1-15. Adriana Dominguez from Full Circle Literary will be accepting picture book submissions […]

12 x 12 January 2015 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to giveaway our first prize of the year! January’s winner will get a picture book critique from our PiBoIdMo founder Tara Lazar. And the lucky winner is… DIANE KRESS HOWER!! Congrats! Please contact me at JulieFHedlund (at) gmail (dot) com to claim your prize. Registration for 12 x 12 in 2015 continues! If you haven’t […]

Jodi Moore: 12 x 12 Featured Author February 2015

Jodi Moore Featured Author Feb 2015

One of my favorite parts of running 12 x 12 is choosing featured authors. I get to ask myself, “Who do I want to learn from?” Then ask them to teach me (and fellow 12 x 12 participants of course!).  When author Jodi Moore burst onto the 12 x 12 scene a few weeks ago, […]

12 x 12 January 2015 Check-In

HELLO 12 x 12 in 2015 Participants!! WELCOME to your first monthly check-in. This is where we share whether we wrote or revised this month or made any other progress in our writing. I go first, then I ask you. But remember, as one of our participants said on the Facebook Group yesterday, if you didn’t […]

12 x 12 Registration is Now OPEN!

It’s the moment I know I’ve been waiting for, and I hope you have too! 12 x 12 in 2015 is now OPEN for registration! If you write picture books, please come and join the friendliest writing community on earth. The benefits of 12 x 12 membership are ample, and you can find them all […]

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).