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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 […]

October 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 October. All other good news was submitted before October 1st. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the […]

7 Easy Ways to Support Your Fellow Authors

We are fortunate in 12 x 12 to see so many manuscripts from our members become published books! Look how our Published Page has grown. The diligent work on the craft of writing pays off over time (and sometimes it seems like a long time). So how can we support each other as new books come […]

12 x 12 September 2018 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our September check-in. Special thanks to our September Featured Author Christy Mihaly! This month’s winner will get a copy of HEY, HEY, HAY! And the winner is … Judy Bryan! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to with your mailing address to claim your […]

12 x 12 October 2018 Featured Author – Hannah Holt

Hannah Holt is one of our 12 x 12 charter members. She’s been around since our auspicious start in 2012 and this month, her debut picture book, THE DIAMOND AND THE BOY, arrives. Hannah is proof that hard work and perseverance pay off. We could not be more thrilled for Hannah and we look forward to many […]

12 x 12 September 2018 Check-In!

No new draft. Whomp Whomp. BUT I did get loads of revision done on two different manuscripts. Both are getting very, very close. My goal for the year was to have three submission-ready manuscripts in my agent’s hands. I’ve already got one, and I’m well on my way to two more. So it looks like […]

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).