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12 x 12 Success Story: Vivian Kirkfield

To continue our series on 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge Success Stories, today we’re shining the spotlight on Vivian Kirkfield. Just last week, Publisher’s Weekly announced her very first book deal – SWEET DREAMS SARAH – to be published by Creston Books. Vivian is one of the hardest working, kindest, most encouraging and […]

12 x 12 Success Story: Tim McCanna

On registration day, I shared Marcie Colleen’s 12 x 12 success story. Today it’s Tim McCanna’s turn. Tim is another inaugural member of 12 x 12, going into his fifth year of membership. Since joining 12 x 12, he’s published a storybook app and a print book with Little Bahalia Publishing, signed with an agent, and […]

Registration for 12 x 12 in 2016 is OPEN!

Today is the day many of you have been waiting for. EVERYONE who is interested in joining the 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge is now invited to come on in! To celebrate this first day of general registration in our FIFTH year anniversary, I bring you a Success Story from one of our […]

12 x 12 January Featured Author Ame Dyckman

Ame Dyckman Featured Author Image

I told our FIRST 12 x 12 featured author of 2016, Ame Dyckman, that I wish I had even 1/8 of her energy and humor. You’ll see what I mean after you read this EPIC post! It makes me so happy, I want to read it every day for the rest of my life. What […]

12 x 12 December 2016 Check-in Winner!

It’s time to give away our December prize! This month’s winner will win a 12 x 12 2016 SILVER membership! And the winner is… NANCY RIMAR!! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your mailing address to claim your prize. Congrats on completing a year of 12 x 12! Registration for returning […]

Meet our 2016 12 x 12 Scholarship Winners!

12 x 12 2016 Scholarship Winner

Let’s ring in the New Year by congratulating and welcoming our 2016 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge Scholarship winners! In 2014, the 12 x 12 community generously donated funds to provide four scholarships in two categories — Diversity and Financial Need — for pre-published picture book authors. The generosity continued in 2015–our members donated again […]

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).