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12 x 12 February 2021 Check-In!

Hello, hello! Welcome to the last day of February AND the final day of registration for 12 x 12! It’s hard to believe, but we’re already two months into the year. I’m so happy and grateful you all decided to take this journey with me this year. I never take the community for granted, and […]

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 […]

Lisa Katzenberger – 12 x 12 Featured Author February 2021

Lisa Katzenberger Featured Author Feb 2021

I have been pursuing creative writing my entire life, eating up creative writing lessons in grade school, high school, and college. When I started working towards publication, I began writing short stories and then went on to compose a couple pretty bad novels for the adult market. via GIPHY At one point a writing friend […]

12 x 12 June 2020 Good News!

06-2020 Award-winning 12 x 12 Writers

It’s time for a little good news! There are new 12 x 12 member books out this month and certainly more to look forward to as we celebrate with so many members who have signed with agents this spring! All of today’s good news was submitted by June 1st. Be sure to have your good […]

12 x 12 Summer Celebration #1 – Book Releases

Welcome to our 12 x 12 Summer Celebration! We are launching a new 12 x 12 Good News feature. Every month we will showcase 12 x 12 member book releases, agent signing news, book deals, and award winners! To launch this fun new feature, every week in the month of July, we will post 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).