Welcome to our Good News series! We have lots to celebrate in 2021: new books by 12 x 12 members, new agent deals, new book contracts, and shiny new awards! 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 January 1st. If you submitted news after January 1st, it will be included in our February post. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good News Post.

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Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Evelyn Bookless on the January 18th release of CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE TREE MACHINE (Marshall Cavendish)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Vivian Kirkfield on the January 19th FROM HERE TO THERE:  INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WAY THE WORLD MOVES (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Carrie Finison on the January 26th release of DON’T HUG DOUG (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)! (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Michele Ziemke signed with Joyce Sweeney of the Seymour Agency! Woohoo!

Helen Taylor signed with Amy Tompkins of the Transatlantic Agency! Hooray!

Anita Yasuda signed with Lori Steel of Raven Quill Literary Agency! Way to go!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Elisa Boxer on the sale of A SEAT AT THE TABLE: THE NANCY PELOSI STORY to Emily Easton at Crown! Laura Freeman will illustrate.

Congratulations to Michelle Cusolito on the sale of DEEP UNKNOWN: EXPLORING THE OCEAN TWILIGHT ZONE to Karen Boss at Charlesbridge!

Congratulations to Nell Cross Beckerman on the sale of CAVES to Katie Heit at Scholastic! Kalen Chock will illustrate.

Congratulations to Sharon Giltrow on the sale of GET READY, MAMA! to EK Books! Arielle Li will illustrate.

Award Winners!

Congratulations! Claire Bobrow was awarded the 2020 Work-in-Progress Award Picture Book Category from SCBWI for MIASMA! That’s amazing!

Congratulations to Marta Magellan on the ANOLE INVASION being selected for as a Eureka Nonfiction Award Honoree by the California Reading Association!

More congratulations to Marta Magellan on the DRAGONFLIES: WATER ANGELS winning a Purple Dragonfly Honor Award from Story Monsters! You’re on a roll!

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 January 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 February 1st to be included in our February Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep up your hard work!