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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. […]

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).