12 x 12 Registration is Now OPEN!
It's the moment I know I've been waiting for, and I hope you have too! 12 x 12 in 2015 is now OPEN for registration! If you write picture books, please come and join the friendliest writing community on earth.…
Meet our 12 x 12 in 2015 Scholarship Winners!
In 2014, the 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge* community generously donated funds to provide four scholarships in two categories -- Diversity and Financial Need -- for pre-published picture book authors. The purpose behind these scholarships is to cultivate…
Sue Fliess – 12 x 12 Featured Author July 2014
Our July featured author, Sue Fliess, is one heck of a busy lady! But she took time out of her unbelievably hectic summer to answer some questions I gave her focused on writing picture books for younger children (0-5), which is…
Emma Walton Hamilton: January 12 x 12 Featured Author
What do you get when you mix a shiny new year, the beginning of another round of the 12 x 12 picture book writing challenge, and an amazingly talented and generous NYT-bestselling author kicking us off with the first featured author post?…
Peter Brown: September 12 x 12 Featured Author
Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Caldecott Honor-winning author/illustrator Peter Brown to our 12 x 12 featured author series. I have been a HUGE fan of Peter’s work for years so, needless to say, I was excited to learn that I would get to meet…
Deb Lund: June 12 x 12 Featured Author
I am more than a little tickled to announce that our June 12 x 12 featured author, Deb Lund, is not only one of my kids’ favorite picture book authors, but also a two-time 12 x 12 member herself! And not JUST a…