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Sandhya Acharya – How I Got My Agent

Sandya Acharya - How I Got My Agent

Welcome to Sandhya Acharya’s How I Got My Agent story! We love how Sandhya approached her agent much like she approached projects in her previous corporate life: she worked on her craft, did her research, and did even more research after THE CALL.  Congratulations, Sandhya! It’s great to see your hard work pay off! How […]

Clelia Gore & Kathleen Rushall – 12 x 12 Featured Agents November 2016

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Clelia Gore of Martin Literary Management will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members November 1-15. Kathleen Rushall of Andrea Brown Liteary will be accepting picture book submissions from […]

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).