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12 x 12 May 2022 Good News!

WOW! You have been busy! There is SO MUCH going on in our May Good News post, it’s almost too much for one post! We have FOURTEEN new book releases, SEVEN new agent signings, TEN members with new books under contract, and NINE members who have won awards! Three 12 x 12 books were named […]

12 x 12 December 2021 Good News!

This is the time of year to celebrate good news and 12 x 12 has so much to celebrate! Read on for new 12 x 12 books, agent signings, LOTS of book deals, and some awesome awards! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know by filling […]

Derick Wilder – 12 x 12 Featured Author December 2021

Derick Wilder Featured Author December 2021

As a long-time 12×12 member, I was so excited for the opportunity to be a featured author! Having read posts from fellow literary souls who were also familiar friends, I realized we are tethered by a sometimes painful, yet ultimately beautiful, common thread. One braided from the strands of skinned knees, scratched elbows, and bruised […]

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).