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12 x 12 November 2021 Good News!

This month we are grateful for so many new 12 x 12 books, new agent signings, new book deals, and new awards! So much to be thankful for! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know by filling out the Good News form in the Important Announcements […]

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 September 2019 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. There is so much to celebrate! So many book deals to announce this month. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good […]

March 2019 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. This month we’re featuring books by 12 x 12 members released in March (and one from February we just received!). All other good news was submitted before March 1st. Be sure to have your […]

November 2018 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. This month we’re featuring books by 12 x 12 members that were released in November (and one from October we just found out about!). All other good news was submitted before November 1st. Be […]

October 2018 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. This month we’re featuring books by 12 x 12 members that were released in October. All other good news was submitted before October 1st. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the […]

12 x 12 Success Celebration Month #7 – Awards!

Success Celebration Month is coming to a close. After today, we will have a regular post on this blog each month with the most recent news for you on book releases, agent signings, book deals, and awards. Today we cap off this party with our award-winning members! Award-winning 12 x 12 Members! These 12 x […]

12 x 12 Summer Celebration #3 -More Book Releases

Welcome back to our 12 x 12 Summer Celebration! We are continuing our launch of our newest 12 x 12 feature—Good News! 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 […]

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 […]

12 x 12 Featured Author June 2016 – Nancy Churnin

Featured Author Nancy Churnin June 2016

What a joy and an honor to bring you another featured author from within our own 12 x 12 community – Nancy Churnin. Her picture book biography, The William Hoy Story, has released to fantastic critical reviews and even appeared as a recommendation in People magazine! We are so proud of her and grateful that she’s […]

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).