Welcome to our February Good News! It’s the season of love and we LOVE celebrating with our members. Today we celebrate new books by 12 x 12 authors, new agent deals, new book contracts, and a one very shiny book award! For our new members, this is a monthly series. If you have good news in any of these four categories, be sure to let us know on the Good News form in the Important Announcements in the 12 x 12 forum.

All of today’s good news was submitted before February 1st. If you submitted news after February 1st, it will be included in our March post. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good News Post.

Easy ways to help 12 x 12 members and their books! Click on the “Click to Tweet” links to share on Twitter and get the word out about these 12 x 12 books. Submit a request to your local library to carry these books. If you purchase one, please support your local independent bookstore. Write reviews on Amazon, GoodReads, and B&N. Your fellow authors will thank you!

Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Keila V. Dawson on the January 26th release of OPENING THE ROAD (Beaming Books)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Laura Gehl on the February 2nd release of BRILLIANT BABY PLAYS MUSIC (little bee)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Laura Gehl on the February 2nd release of BRILLIANT BABY DOES MATH (little bee)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Lauren Kerstein on the February 2nd release of HOME FOR A WHILE (Magination Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Lisa Katzenberger on the February 2nd release of IT WILL BE OK (Sourcebooks)! (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Natasha Zimmers signed with Stacey Kondla at The Rights Factory! Woohoo!

Stephanie Gibeault signed with Jacqui Lipton of the Raven Quill Literary Agency! Hooray!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Christy Mihaly on the sale of THE SUPREME COURT AND US to Wendy McClure at Albert Whitman! Neely Daggett will illustrate.

Congratulations to Darshana Khiani on the sale of I’M AN AMERICAN to Liza Kaplan at Philomel! Laura Freeman will illustrate.

Congratulations to Laurel Jackson on the sale of THE PERFECT PARTY to Zhiqiao Wang at Yeehoo Press! Hélène Baum will illustrate.

Congratulations to Paula Cohen on the sale of BIG DREAMS, SMALL FISH to Arthur A. Levine at Levine Querido! Awesome!

Congratulations to Rosie Pova on the sale of THE SCHOOL OF FAILURE: A STORY ABOUT SUCCESS to Helen Wu at Yeehoo Press! Monika Filipina will illustrate.

Congratulations to Valerie Bolling on the sale of TOGETHER WE RIDE and TOGETHER WE SWIM to Elizabeth Lazowski at Chronicle! Kaylani Juanita will illustrate. A two-book deal!!

Award Winner!

Congratulations! Kathy Fork was awarded the Candlewick Picture Book Award from Candlewick Press and The Vermont College of Fine Arts for Jenny Walks Alone! Way to go!

Congratulations to all our members on seeing their hard work pay off! We are so proud of you!

All of today’s good news was shared prior to February 1st. 12 x 12 members, if you have good news about a new book release, agent signing, book deal, or writing award, share it with us. Please submit your good news by March 1st to be included in our March Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Just keep writing!