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Becca Langton and Amy Stern – 12 x 12 Featured Agents November 2022

GOLD members! November is creeping in and with it your last chance to use your 12 x 12 submission opportunity this year. Take a close look and decide who is the best fit for you and your work this month. Then read the guidelines on the forum as you prepare your submission. Be sure to […]

Amy Stern and Ana Crespo – 12 x 12 Featured Agents August 2021

August 2021 Agents

GOLD members! August is almost here and have our own A Team of Featured Agents for you! Our 2021 Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose one of these two agents to submit their manuscript to in August. (If you are a SILVER member, you may use this info for research. Check out […]

Amy Stern & Alexandra Penfold – 12 x 12 Featured Agents November 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. Amy Stern of the Sheldon Fogelman Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members November 1-15. Alexandra Penfold of Upstart Crow Literary Agency will be accepting […]

Janine Le & Ginger Harris – 12 x 12 Featured Agents July 2017

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Janine Le of Sheldon Fogelman Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members July 1-15.  Ginger Harris of Liza Royce Agency will be accepting picture book […]

John Cusick & Janine Le – 12 x 12 Featured Agents July 2016

12 x 12 Featured Agents John Cusick & Janine Le

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. John Cusick of Folio Junior will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members July 1-15. Janine Le of Sheldon Fogleman Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 […]

12 x 12 Featured Agents June 2015 – Janine Le & Jennie Dunham

12 x 12 Featured Agents - June 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. Janine Le of the Sheldon Fogelman Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members June 1-15. Jennie Dunham of Dunham 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).