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12 x 12 December 2018 Check-In!

Well, here we are. The end of another year of 12 x 12. Many of you will be official winners of the challenge – having written 12 or more drafts. I look forward to celebrating you all on this year’s Winner’s Wall! Give yourselves a round of applause, please. For those of you who didn’t […]

December 2018 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. This month we’re featuring books by 12 x 12 members that were previously released but were just added to the Good News form in the last six weeks. All other good news was submitted […]

12 x 12 November 2018 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our November check-in. Special thanks to our November Featured Author Alison Pearce Stevens! This month’s winner will receive a copy of WEIRD BUT TRUE: RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES 3! And the winner is … MONICA MAYPER! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to with […]

12 x 12 Featured Author December 2018 – Karla Valenti

So here we are, twelve months later. Perhaps you wrote 12 manuscripts (or more); perhaps you wrote one. No matter. The first order of business is a round of applause because writing is serious business. After all, you are committing to make magic, to bring joy, to provide insights into the depth of our shared human experience. […]

12 x 12 November 2018 Check-In!

Folks, we have but one month left in the 12 x 12 challenge this year. It’s always both an exciting and bittersweet time. Exciting because we have a shiny new year ahead with new possibilities for our writing. Bittersweet because the current year of writing and community is coming to a close. There will be […]

November 2018 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. This month we’re featuring books by 12 x 12 members that were released in November (and one from October we just found out about!). All other good news was submitted before November 1st. Be […]

12 x 12 October 2018 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our October check-in. Special thanks to our October Featured Author Hannah Holt! This month’s winner will get a signed copy of THE DIAMOND AND THE BOY! And the winner is … BARI OLSON! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to with your mailing address […]

12 x 12 Featured Author November 2018 – Alison Pearce Stevens

Featured Author Alison Pearce Stevens November 2018

A huge thank you to Kelli and Julie for asking me to be a featured author here at 12×12! In some ways I feel out of place doing this, because, well, most of what I write isn’t picture books. In fact, most of my writing is commissioned or work for hire (WFH). Now, that means […]

12 x 12 October 2018 Check-In!

Happy Halloween, everyone! I’ll tell you what I’m most spooked about — the fact that there are only two months left of the year. Yikes! I hope you all find yourself, at this point, having written more than you would without the support of 12 x 12. I FINALLY wrote a new draft this month! […]

Amy Stern & Alexandra Penfold – 12 x 12 Featured Agents November 2018

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Amy Stern of the Sheldon Fogelman Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members November 1-15. Alexandra Penfold of Upstart Crow Literary Agency will be accepting […]

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).