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Sara Sciuto – 12 x 12 Featured Agent August 2016

Sara Sciuto

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Sara Sciuto of Fuse Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members August 1-15. Sara Sciuto A little bit about Sara from the Fuse Literay website: “Sara […]

12 x 12 July 2016 Check-in!

July was a good month for writing! Many times the looser summer schedule means it’s harder for me to find time to sit down and write, but this month I not only wrote a new draft, I revised an old one. Let me tell you, it feels good to be writing again. Now tell us […]

Summer Writing Contest!

Experiencing summer brain drain? Feel like there’s quicksand in your keyboard? Kids separating you from your writing? Never fear! 12 x 12 and Ripple Grove Press are sizzling up summer by offering an exclusive writing contest for 12 x 12 members. Full details will be available in the Forum, but just to whet your appetite, […]

12 x 12 June Check-in Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of June’s check-in. One lucky 12 x 12 member will win a copy of The William Hoy Story by 12 x 12 member and Featured Author Nancy Churnin.  And the winner is… LAUREN KERSTEIN!! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your mailing address to claim your prize. […]

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).