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12 x 12 April 2022 Good News!

Let’s spring into celebrating 12 x 12 Good News! Our April Good News post is full of 12 x 12 members who have new book releases, members who have recently signed with an agent, members with new books under contract, and members who have won awards! If you have good news in any of these […]

12 x 12 January 2020 Featured Author – Shannon Stocker

Shannon Stocker January 2020

A New Year’s Revelation I’ve had a revelation. New Year’s resolutions suck. It’s not that I don’t appreciate goals. Holiday cookies stick to my thighs too, y’all. But every spring, when January resolutions dart away like dandelion seeds in a hurricane, I kick myself and mutter mean words like weak and failure at the mirror. […]

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 […]

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).