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12 x 12 is proud to welcome back Featured Agents Adria Goetz of KT Literary and Rick Margolis of Rising Bear Literary for March 2025.

"It's tough out there." says Jen Bagan about literary agent searches, but she persisted, signing with Joyce Sweeney of The Seymour Agency.

Did you check in for January? Featured Author Anita Yasuda is offering one winner a copy of UP, UP, EVER UP! (US/Canada only) or a 30-minute AMA!

Persistence and focus worked for Jennifer Anyong in her desire to have Morgan Hughes of FinePrint Literary Management be her literary agent.

12 x 12 member Anna Ouchchy shares tips along with the evolution of her picture book, I DON'T WANNA HIBERNATE! (Hint: It's not a bear story.)

It's a sparkling fresh year at 12 x 12! Calling all 12 x 12 members for the January check in. Tell us what you accomplished this month!

It's our first Featured Agents of 2025! Come get to know Christie Megill of The CAT Agency and Charlotte Wenger of The Prospect Agency.

The right manuscript + the right editor = Lynn Baldwin finding an agent that was the perfect match: Jen Newens at Martin Literary Management.

Financial Need Scholarship Guidelines

All applications will be accepted via email only between November 1, 2024 – November 30, 2024 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).