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12 x 12 December 2017 Check-In!

Wow. The end of another year of 12 x 12. Tomorrow we’ll start a new one. Hard to believe and always bittersweet. Mostly I just want to say how proud I am of all of you and remind you how much you mean to me. I wake up each day knowing you’re there, and it […]

12 x 12 November 2017 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our November check-in. This month, one winner will get picture book manuscript critique from our November Featured Author Carter Higgins. And the winner is … CHANA STIEFEL!   Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. Remember, if you write 12 drafts […]

12 x 12 Featured Author December 2017 – Marcie Colleen

Wow! Is it December already? Where does the time go? It certainly has been an honor to be your Friday Dance Captain these past weeks and now I get the added honor of being the Featured Author this month. I thought long and hard about this post. I contemplated sharing some last minute, “do-this-before-the-year-ends” advice. […]

12 x 12 November 2017 Check-In!

WOW! I’m so far behind I didn’t think the end of the month was until tomorrow (hence, the lateness of the post). I will tell you the truth. I am so fried I have no idea whether I wrote or revised a draft this month, and I’m too tired to go look at my badges. […]

12 x 12 October 2017 Check-in Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our October check-in. This month, one winner will get picture book manuscript and query critique from our October Featured Author Katey Howes. And the winner is … HEATHER ERQUIAGA!   Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. Remember, if you write […]

12 x 12 Featured Author November 2017 – Carter Higgins

Featured Author Carter Higgins November 2017

Hello, 12×12! I am so excited to be on this slate of home-team authors this year. Isn’t that amazing? That what you are doing today, this month, this year means we might all be reading your blog post someday? I can’t wait. What to share had me stumped a little bit though, I’ll admit. I’m […]

12 x 12 Check-In October 2017

It turns out October was an auspicious month for me. I wrote not one, but TWO new drafts (although I am going to count the second one for November because “It’s my challenge and I’ll do what I want to…” LOL). I also revised yet another draft. To top it all off, I just spent […]

Natascha Morris and Jill Corcoran Agency – 12 x 12 Featured Agents November 2017

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Jill Corcoran Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members November 1-15. Natascha Morris of BookEnds Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from […]

12 x 12 September 2017 Check-In Winner

It’s time to announce the winner of our September check-in. This month, one winner will get their choice of a critique from our Featured Author Anna Forrester or a hardcover copy of her book Bat Count. And the winner is … JOAN SLOANE!   Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with […]

12 x 12 Featured Author October 2017 – Katey Howes

Featured Author Katey Howes October 2017

I’m going to be honest with you all. I was scared to write this post. I know I’ve got a couple books coming out—which feels amazing and unreal all at once—but I don’t think that makes me any sort of expert. I am well aware that luck and timing and the subjective magic of the […]

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).