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12 x 12 October 2022 Good News!

October has brought an incredible harvest of 12 x 12 Good News! Check out these new books from your fellow 12 x 12 members, plus, agent signings, new book deals, and awards to celebrate! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know by filling out the Good […]

12 x 12 December 2019 Featured Author – Dan Marvin

Dan Marvin December 2019

In this post, I’ll be: Sharing my experiences. Plagiarizing Jerry Maguire. Name-dropping a lot. Humble-bragging a little. Taking an inside joke of a song way too far. Oh, 12×12 community. You complete me. I wrote my first draft of a picture book when my kids (now 12 and 11) were toddlers. Reading those books to […]

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).