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12 x 12 May 2019 Check-In

May turned out to be like March most years—wildly unpredictable from day to day. No new draft, but I have started digging deep into my next picture book biography. Baby steps. What about you? Tell us your progress. Did you complete a draft and/or revision in May? Let us know in the Rafflecopter and in […]

Tanusri Prasanna and Jennifer Weltz – 12 x 12 Featured Agents June 2019

June 2019 Agents

It’s almost June! 2019 Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Tanusri Prasanna of Foundry Media will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members June 1-15. Jennifer Weltz of Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency […]

May 2019 Good News!

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

12 x 12 April 2019 Check-In Winner!

12 X 12 check in winner 2019

It’s time to announce the winner of our April check-in. This month’s winner will win a critique from our April Featured Author Wendy Greenley! Thank you, Wendy! And the winner is … IRENE RAWLINGS! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. We hope your May drafts are blossoming!

12 x 12 Featured Author May 2019 – Sophia Gholz

Featured Author Sophia Gholz May 2019

Revision and Opening Lines Whether you’ve spent months researching a story idea or an intriguing character has just popped into your head, typing the first words on a blank page can be intimidating. Let’s be honest, writing is hard and those first few lines are often the hardest. Thankfully, we don’t have to share our […]

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).