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Katilyn Sanchez and Sean McCarthy – 12 x 12 Featured Agents July 2021

GOLD members! It’s time to read up on our July Featured Agents. Our 2021 Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose one of these two agents to submit their manuscript to in July. (If you are a SILVER member, you may use this info for research. Check out our How to Use 12 […]

Elizabeth Bennett and Sean McCarthy – 12 x 12 Featured Agents August 2019

We hope your summer is shaping up to be a good one! Today we bring you our Featured Agents for August. 2019 Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Elizabeth Bennett of Transatlantic Agency will be accepting picture […]

Sean McCarthy & Ginger Harris-Dontzin – 12 x 12 Featured Agents March 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. Sean McCarthy of Sean McCarthy Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members March 1-15. Ginger Harris-Dontzin of Liza Royce Agency will be accepting picture […]

Sean McCarthy & Clelia Gore – 12 x 12 Featured Agents September 2017

September 2017 Agents - Sean McCarthy and Clelia Gore

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Sean McCarthy of Sean McCarthy Literary Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members September 1-15.  Clelia Gore of Martin Literary Management will be accepting picture […]

Sean McCarthy & Maria Vicente – 12 x 12 Featured Agent July 2015

12 x 12 Featured Agent July 2015

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Sean McCarthy of the McCarthy Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members July 1-15. Maria Vicente of P.S. Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x […]

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).