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Get to know Jazmia Young of Curtis Brown and Charlotte Wenger of Prospect Agency, our 12 x 12 Featured Agents for October 2023.

Time to celebrate your September accomplishments! Enter to win a picture book from Featured Author Janet Sumner Johnson!

12 x 12 member Andi Chitty reveals the behind-the-scenes works that went into landing her agent, Jen Newens at Martin Literary Management

Time to announce the winner of our August 2023 check-in. Our prize this month comes from Featured Author Donna Cangelosi.

12 x 12 member Christina Shawn shares the work and excitement behind signing with Liz Nealon at Great Dog Literary.

September Featured Author Janet Sumner Johnson reveals her biggest secret to becoming a multi-published author. Will it work for you?

Time to celebrate your August successes! Enter to win a picture book critique from August Featured Author Donna Cangelosi!

Get to know Natascha Morris of Tobias Literary and Joyce Sweeney of The Seymour Agency, our 12 x 12 Featured Agents for September 2023.

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).