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Miranda Paul Mentorship Winners!

Thank you to everyone who applied for one of the two mentorships offered by Miranda Paul to two 12 x 12 members. We received 133 applications from 12 x 12 members! Kelli and I had a VERY hard time narrowing down the field and picking the top 20. There was not a bad manuscript in the bunch – truly! 12 x 12 members are clearly working hard on the craft of writing. Here’s what Miranda said about the top 20:

“The twenty [finalists] have impressed me greatly, and I feel that I could work with any of you. Your well-crafted stories and surefire pitches demonstrated how hard you’ve been working. Your heart and passion showed in your cover letters. Above all, there was a lot of professionalism in the applications, and this was a very tough decision for me. I’m so impressed, encouraged, and inspired by you!”

Miranda was so impressed she added two winners who will receive a 30 minute one-on-one Skype session with Miranda to discuss their work! The winners of the two Skype sessions are:

PATTY JOHNSON

CHANA STIEFEL

And, without further ado, the winners of the 2016 mentorships with Miranda Paul are

KATHLEEN BAHR

JENNI BIELICKI

Congratulations!! We will contact the winners in a separate email to with more detailed information.

Plus, we have a little good news for all 12 x 12 members: Miranda is our 12 x 12 webinar speaker for July! She’ll being discussing with us what she learned from reading your applications and giving us all tips we can use for our manuscripts and queries.

We are so proud of the work you are putting in to your writing career! 12 x 12 members are amazing!

Let’s also give a HUGE round of thanks to Miranda for giving so generously of her time and talent. We sure are lucky!

 

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29 Responses

  1. Congratulations to the winners! Such a great opportunity and such a generous gift of time and knowledge from Miranda. Can’t wait to watch the webinar.

  2. Congrats to the winners! Miranda is so awesome, inspiring, and generous. Thank you for offering this wonderful opportunity to 12x12ers! Can’t wait to see the webinar. And sometime down the road, it would also be interesting if the mentees could share what they’ve learned with the group. Cheers!

  3. Congratulations to all the winners! You are so fortunate to receive such a wonderful opportunity to work with Miranda. Thanks to Miranda, Julie and Kelli!

  4. What great gifts and gifts of gifts. Congratulations to the winners. I look forward to the webinar.

  5. It’s great to see so many who want to further develop their craft. Congrats to all four winners!

  6. Congratulations to the winners and thank you 12 x 12 for presenting such amazing opportunities to learn the craft of writing for children. Glad to have found you!

  7. Congratulations to all the winners!! Soak in all the wisdom!
    Miranda, you’re an inspiration!

  8. Thanks to Miranda Paul for adding more value to our 12 x 12 experience!
    Congratulations to everyone who entered, and especially to the winners!
    Looking forward to July’s webinar! 🙂

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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).