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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 […]

September 2018 Good News!

Award-winning 12 x 12 Writers - 09-2018

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone on their achievements. This month we’re featuring books by 12 x 12 members that were released in September. All other good news was submitted before September 1st. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the […]

Alexandra Weiss and Wendi Gu – 12 x 12 Featured Agents October 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. Alexandra Weiss of Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members October 1-15. Wendi Gu of Janklow and Nesbit will be accepting […]

12 x 12 August 2018 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our August check-in. Special thanks to our August Featured Author Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow! This month’s winner will get a critique from Jamilah! And the winner is … Deborah Trotter! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. Time to fall into a new draft!

Jessica Sinsheimer & Christa Heschke – 12 x 12 Featured Agents September 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. Jessica Sinsheimer of Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members September 4 -15. Christa Heschke of McIntosh & Otis will be accepting picture […]

12 x 12 September 2018 Featured Author – Christy Mihaly

12 x 12 Featured Author Christy Mihaly September 2018

Building a Community, Becoming an Author It’s an honor to be a featured author on 12 x 12. In fact, when I consider those who have posted in this space before me (all those real authors), my Author Imposter Syndrome starts acting up. You know … that fear that someone is going to discover that […]

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).