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12 x 12 December 2018 Check-In!

Well, here we are. The end of another year of 12 x 12. Many of you will be official winners of the challenge – having written 12 or more drafts. I look forward to celebrating you all on this year’s Winner’s Wall! Give yourselves a round of applause, please. For those of you who didn’t […]

12 x 12 Featured Author December 2018 – Karla Valenti

So here we are, twelve months later. Perhaps you wrote 12 manuscripts (or more); perhaps you wrote one. No matter. The first order of business is a round of applause because writing is serious business. After all, you are committing to make magic, to bring joy, to provide insights into the depth of our shared human experience. […]

Essie White & Christa Heschke – 12 x 12 Featured Agents October 2016

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Essie White of Storm Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members October 1-15. Christa Heschke of McIntosh & Otis Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 […]

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).