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12 x 12 April 2021 Good News!

Welcome to our April Good News! And, who doesn’t need a shot of good news this month? We have new books, new agent deals, and new book contracts to celebrate! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know on the Good News form in the Important Announcements […]

AAPI 12 x 12 Books

As the founder of 12 x 12, I am so disheartened by the dramatic rise in Anti-Asian racism in the Western world, and in the U.S. in particular. The tragic deaths of six Asian-American women in an Atlanta mass shooting last week is a grim reminder that we have a great deal of work to […]

12 x 12 October 2020 Good News!

How about a little good news this week? We have lots of October book releases for 12 x 12 members and lots of 12 x 12 books to come judging by all the book deals announced recently! How awesome is that? Remember, all of today’s good news was submitted before October 1st. If you submitted […]

12 x 12 October Featured Author – Rina Singh

Featured Author Rina Singh Sept 2020a

It’s such an honor to be the Featured Author on 12 x 12 this month. Since joining this wonderful community four and a half years ago, I have come to love it so much! I’ve “grown up” reading your stories, watching the incredible webinars, and listening to all the conversations. I’m constantly learning about the […]

12 x 12 May 2020 Good News!

It’s time for some good news! And who doesn’t need a little good news today? As picture book writers we have so much to celebrate this month because a whole new crop of 12 x 12 member books are out in the world! All of today’s good news was submitted before May 1st. Be sure […]

12 x 12 August 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! This month we have a full slate of 12 x 12 books making their debut! All other good news was submitted before August 1st. Be sure to have […]

12 x 12 Summer Celebration #2 – 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 […]

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).