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12 x 12 March 2019 Check-In Winner!

12 X 12 check in winner 2019

It’s time to announce the winner of our March check-in. Special thanks to our March Featured Author Baptiste Paul! This month’s winner will win a copy of Baptiste’s latest picture book I AM FARMER! And the winner is … MEGHAN BROWNE Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your mailing address […]

12 x 12 Featured Author March 2019 – Baptiste Paul

Featured Author Baptiste Paul March 2019

The “Nos” are Many, Rejections Plenty It takes a lot to write a book As a picture book author, you hope that the book you create is well received by kids and adults alike. The years of research and writing boils down to a single moment—release day. Are people going to be as excited as […]

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).