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12 x 12 January 2025 Check-In Winner!

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Happy February, everyone. We have a winner! January Featured Author Anita Yasuda is offering one lucky 12 x 12 member a copy of her Caldecott Honor Book UP, UP, EVER UP!

Thank you, Anita!

Up, Up, Ever Up by Anita Yasuda and Yuko Shimizu

And the winner is…

Seth Mueller!

Congratulations, Seth! Please contact kelli@juliehedlund.com with your mailing address!

Celebrate a new draft in February and enter to win this month’s check-in on February 28th. You can do it!

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  1. From: Beth
    To: Seth
    May this book inspire you
    to climb up, up and ever up
    toward your goals in the picture book genre.
    Congrats!

    Reply

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Financial Need Scholarship Guidelines

All applications will be accepted via email only between November 1, 2024 – November 30, 2024 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).
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