Do You Want to Write 12 Picture Books in 12 Months? | Learn More!

12 x 12 March 2020 Good News!

03-2020 Award-winning 12 x 12 Writers

Well, it’s clear we’re all in need of good news in these uncertain, social distancing, self-isolating days. Celebrate with us today because there’s so much to celebrate! All of today’s good news was submitted before March 1st. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that […]

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 Success Celebration Month #5 – Book Deals!

Success Celebration Month continues and today we are celebrating book deals! We’re shining the spotlight on 12 x 12 members who signed book contracts in 2018. What a remarkable achievement! (Today is the last day to enter the “On Your Way” Rafflecopter! Are you sending out those submissions, but not seeing any success just yet? […]

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).