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12 x 12 February 2017 Check-in!

Well, my February was a HECK of a lot better than my January in terms of writing! If only I could take a 3-day writing retreat with friends up in the mountains EVERY month. I wrote my first new draft of the year (yay!), made final revisions for my agent on a manuscript I hope […]

March Madness for Picture Books

How about a little March Madness for picture book fans? Yeah, I thought it would be fun too, so welcome to the first-ever 12 x 12 March Picture Book Madness! It is important for writers to read contemporary picture books, so I chose books for the brackets that were all published within the past calendar year. […]

Laura Biagi & Melissa Nasson – 12 x 12 Featured Agents March 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. Laura Biagi of Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members March 1-15. Melissa Nasson of Rubin Pfeffer Content will be accepting picture […]

12 x 12 January 2017 Check-in Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our first check-in of the year. Our January Featured Author Cheryl Keely is generously giving our winner a picture book critique. And the lucky winner is … CAROLYN LEILOGLOU! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize.

12 x 12 February 2017 Featured Author – Andrea J. Loney

12 x 12 Featured Author Andrea J Loney Feb 2017

Pet Pictures, Serena Williams, Mug Cake, and Other Ways to Manage Rejection So grateful to Julie Hedlund (with a super assist from Kelli Panique) for inviting me to post about an ever-present feature of the picture book writing process: Rejection. Ouch… just reading the word stings. But for writers managing rejection is an inescapable part […]

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).