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Kerry Aradhya – How I Got My Agent

Kerry Aradhya How I Got My Agent

Kindness abounds in today’s How I Got My Agent post from Kerry Aradhya! It would have been easy to get down on herself after spending a significant time with her first agent and not selling any books, but Kerry showed bravery and dedication to her dreams of being published when she parted ways with her […]

Sarah Stephens and Karly Dizon – 12 x 12 Featured Agents August 2022

Whether we want to believe it or not, August is almost here. With a new month comes new submission opportunities for our 12 x 12 GOLD members! Check out our August Featured Agent profiles below and decide who is the best fit for you and your work. Then read the guidelines on the forum as […]

Moni Ritchie Hadley – How I Got My Agent

Moni Ritchie Hadley - How I Got My Agent

What’s the journey to getting an agent *really* look like? We love Moni Ritchie Hadley’s unflinching breakdown of queries vs. responses vs. the ultimate result. Spreadsheets are your friend when you’re in the querying trenches. Moni already has one amazing book in the world and we can’t wait to see what comes next. Congratulations, Moni! […]

Carol Ekster – How I Got My Agent

We love the tenacity Carol Ekster displays in her journey today. She queried for 11 years before finding an agent that was the right fit, but she didn’t let that keep her from getting published. She pursued publishers as well as agents and, most importantly, kept writing! Carol’s hard work has paid off and she’s […]

Jenna Pocius & Natascha Morris – 12 x 12 Featured Agent June 2018

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Jenna Pocius of Red Fox Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members June 1 -15. Natascha Morris of BookEnds Literary will be accepting picture book submissions […]

Jennie Dunham & Stephanie Fretwell-Hill – 12 x 12 February 2017 Featured Agents

February 2017 12 x 12 Featured Agents

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Jennie Dunham of Dunham Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members February 1-15. Stephanie Fretwell-Hill of Red Fox Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from […]

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).