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Essie White & Christa Heschke – 12 x 12 Featured Agents October 2016

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Essie White of Storm Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members October 1-15. Christa Heschke of McIntosh & Otis Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 […]

12 x 12 September 2016 Check-In!

  I had an interesting writing month. I both wrote and revised a draft that was a re-write of a completed manuscript that had been on submission, got very close to getting picked up several times, but missed the mark. I’m back at it, but felt the need to start fresh rather than continue with […]

12 x 12 Featured Author September 2016 – Hazel Mitchell

Hi everyone, I am SO excited to feature not one, but TWO very special guests for September’s featured author post. The first is author/illustrator Hazel Mitchell, and the second guest is her beloved dog Toby, who is the author of his own story and the inspiration behind Hazel’s latest book. Like hundreds of others, I […]

12 x 12 August 2016 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of August’s check-in. One lucky 12 x 12 member will win a copy of PLEASE, MR. PANDA and DRAGON WAS TERRIBLE. And the winner is… SHARON COFFEY!! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. Back to school and back to writing and revising your […]

12 x 12 August 2016 Check-In!

Wow, August was in and out so fast, I didn’t get a featured author post up AND the check-in is late. Never fear, though. We’re giving you an extra day to check in (through Saturday), and there is still a great prize to be had (see below). I did not write a new draft in […]

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).