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Alyssa Eisner Henken & Adria Goetz – 12 x 12 Featured Agents April 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. Alyssa Eisner Henken of Trident Media Group will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members April 1-15. Adria Goetz of Martin Literary Management will be accepting picture […]

12 x 12 February 2018 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our February check-in. Special thanks to our February Featured Author Jeanette Bradley! This month’s prize is your choice of a manuscript or query critique. And the winner is … CAROLYN LEILOGLOU!  Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your mailing address to claim your […]

12 x 12 March 2018 Featured Author – Laura Clement

Laura Clement - Featured Author March 2018

Tending to Your Creative Garden First, let me say “Thank you, 12 x 12,” to Julie and Kelli for this opportunity to give back to this writing community. 12 x 12 is a beautiful place with constant support. A truly fantastic tribe of people, who are a constant source of inspiration. Now, I want you […]

12 x 12 February 2018 Check-In!

Helloooo, everyone! Welcome to the end of February, your second check-in post of 2018. I’ll go first. 😉 I did some great revising on one of my manuscripts and started a lot of review and deep thinking about another. I did not write a new draft this month, but that’s okay (for me). I needed […]

Sean McCarthy & Ginger Harris-Dontzin – 12 x 12 Featured Agents March 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. Sean McCarthy of Sean McCarthy Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members March 1-15. Ginger Harris-Dontzin of Liza Royce Agency will be accepting picture […]

PENGUINAUT! Cover Reveal with Marcie Colleen!

We’ve never done a cover reveal on 12 x 12 before, but this cover is especially special.  Why? Because waaaaay back in 2012, the very first year 12 x 12 was in existence, a woman with the biggest, baddest, best hair I’d ever seen, joined as one of the inaugural members. She’s been here ever […]

12 x 12 January 2018 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our first check-in for 12 x 12 in 2018. Thanks to Susanna Leonard Hill, our January Featured Author, we will have two winners! One person will win an enrollment in Susanna’s course Making Picture Book Magic. Another member will win a personalized signed set of Susanna’s books, WHEN YOUR […]

12 x 12 February 2018 Featured Author – Jeanette Bradley

It’s already our second month of the year! For many of you this is just the beginning of your 12 x 12 journey. We are pleased to announce that, for the second year in a row, all of our Featured Authors will be published 12 x 12 members! We love celebrating the success of our […]

12 x 12 January 2018 Check-In!

Just… WOW! What a month! I probably say this every year, but I think this is the best first month of 12 x 12 ever! Everyone is so enthusiastic and excited, and I see so many new members actively participating alongside the veterans. Plus, we are already 900 picture book authors and illustrators strong. That […]

Rachel Orr & Jennie Dunham – 12 x 12 Featured Agents February 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. Rachel Orr of Prospect Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members February 1-15. Jennie Dunham of Dunham Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions […]

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).