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Get to know Andrea Morrison of Writers House and Alyssa Eisner Henkin of Birch Path Literary, our 12 x 12 Featured Agents for August 2023.

12 x 12 member Melissa-Jane Fogarty (Nguyen) recounts her journey from 62 queries to 3 offers to 1 agent in Annabel Barker of Annabel Barker Agency.

Christine Alemshah shares how she went from overwhelmed to overjoyed when signed with Vicky Weber at The Purcell Agency!

Time to announce the winner of our June 2023 check-in. Gabriella Aldeman is awarding one member a signed copy of PAULA'S PATCHES!

July Featured Author Betsy Ellor reveals five tips for managing your writing time even when life throws everything at you.

Let's celebrate your accomplishments in June! Enter to win a prize from June Featured Author Gabriella Aldeman!

Get to know Emily S. Keyes of the Keyes Agency and Karly Dizon of Fuse Literary, our 12 x 12 Featured Agents for July 2023.

Time to announce the winners of our April & May 2023 check-ins. Authors Christine Evans & Rebecca Gardyn Levington have prizes up for grabs!

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).