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12 x 12 May 2015 Winner!

It’s time to giveaway our wonderful May prizes! This month, two happy 12 x 12 members will win a picture book critiques from Stacy McAnulty! And the lucky winners are… SHERI RAD! MARIA OKA! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. We had a hitch in our giddy-up with our […]

12 x 12 May 2015 Check-In!

Ah, May. The time for sun and flowers. Unless you live in Colorado, in which case you’ve been soaked in rain ALL month! I’m NOT going to blame the weather for the fact that I did not write a new draft, no matter how badly I wanted to. No, it’s because my head and heart […]

12 x 12 April 2015 Winner!

It’s time to giveaway our amazing April prize! This month, one VERY lucky 12 x 12 member will win a picture book critique from Caldecott-honor winning author/illustrator John Rocco! And the lucky winner is… SANDY JONES!! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. Four months down, 8 to go! […]

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).