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12 x 12 May 2021 Check-In!

Whew! May was quite a whirlwind. My oldest graduated from high school, my youngest completed his freshman year, and I celebrated a milestone birthday. I did a manage a revision this month, but I did not write a new draft. However, since I wrote two in April, I’m letting one of those count for May. […]

Charlotte Offsay – 12 x 12 Featured Author May 2021

Where do I belong? By Charlotte Offsay In mid-2018, I did what I highly recommend no author do (but I think inevitably most of us do at some point), I looked around and compared my journey and my body of work to those around me. via GIPHY One critique partner wrote funny, another lyrical non-fiction, […]

12 x 12 February 2020 Good News

Award-winning 12 x 12 Feb 2020

It’s a good thing we have an extra day this month to get in all the Good News for our 12 x 12 members! Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. There is so much to celebrate! Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s […]

12 x 12 July 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 only have one 12 x 12 book being released, but we make up for that with FIVE agent signings and FIVE book deals! All other […]

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).