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12 x 12 March 2022 Good News!

Good News 03-2022

It’s time to celebrate! Today we are partying it up with 12 x 12 members who have new books in the world, members who have recently signed with an agent, members with new book deals, and members who have won awards! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let […]

12 x 12 January 2022 Good News!

Good News 01-2022

It’s a brand new year and we have a brand new set of celebrations with our 12 x 12 members! Read on for new 12 x 12 books, agent signings, book deals, and some awesome awards! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know by filling out […]

August 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 July and August. All other good news was submitted before August 1st. Be sure to have your good news submitted […]

12 x 12 Featured Author August 2017 – Robin Currie

Featured Author Robin Currie August 2017

12×12 peeps! Back in simpler times, I was a children’s librarian. (“Simpler” also meant that books were on stone tablets and shelving was awful!) I published a number of books in the fields of library program resources and children’s Bible stories. Then I answered the call to ordained ministry and shifted my writing to weekly […]

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).