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Darshana Khiani – 12 x 12 Featured Author August 2021

Darshana Khiani Featured Author August 2021

I am thrilled to be your featured speaker this month. I joined 12 x 12 in its inaugural year, and I can’t imagine learning how to write picture books without this fantastic group. Today, I’m going to share some knowledge on the importance of networking by taking you through my journey over the past ten […]

12 x 12 June 2021 Good News!

06-2021 Good News 2021

Good News! Not only is it summertime, but we have lots to celebrate with brand new 12 x 12 member books, new agent deals, and new book contracts! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know by filling out the Good News form in the Important Announcements […]

AAPI 12 x 12 Books

As the founder of 12 x 12, I am so disheartened by the dramatic rise in Anti-Asian racism in the Western world, and in the U.S. in particular. The tragic deaths of six Asian-American women in an Atlanta mass shooting last week is a grim reminder that we have a great deal of work to […]

12 x 12 February 2021 Good News!

Good News February 2021

Welcome to our February Good News! It’s the season of love and we LOVE celebrating with our members. Today we celebrate new books by 12 x 12 authors, new agent deals, new book contracts, and a one very shiny book award! For our new members, this is a monthly series. If you have good news […]

November 2018 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. This month we’re featuring books by 12 x 12 members that were released in November (and one from October we just found out about!). All other good news was submitted before November 1st. Be […]

Meet our 2016 12 x 12 Scholarship Winners!

12 x 12 2016 Scholarship Winner

Let’s ring in the New Year by congratulating and welcoming our 2016 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge Scholarship winners! In 2014, the 12 x 12 community generously donated funds to provide four scholarships in two categories — Diversity and Financial Need — for pre-published picture book authors. The generosity continued in 2015–our members donated again […]

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).