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Good News 03-2022

12 x 12 March 2022 Good News!

It’s time to celebrate! Today we are partying it up with 12 x 12 members who have new books in the world, members who have recently signed with an agent, members with new book deals, and members who have won awards! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know by filling out the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the 12 x 12 forum.

All of today’s good news was submitted before March 1st. If you submitted news after March 1st, it will be included in our April 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:

  1. Click on the “Click to Tweet” links to share on Twitter and get the word out about these books on social media.
  2. Submit a request to your local library to carry these books.
  3. Write reviews on Amazon, GoodReads, and B&N.
  4. Consider purchasing these books from your local independent bookstore or the 12 x 12 Bookshop.org site. (Purchases made at the 12 x 12 Bookshop.org help to fund our scholarship program.)

Your fellow authors appreciate your support!

Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Paula Cohen on the March 1st release of BIG DREAMS, SMALL FISH from Levine Querido! We miss you and wish you were here to see your debut book’s success. (Click to Tweet)Paula Cohen Big Dreams Small Fish


Congratulations to Beverly Love Warren on the March 1st release of HAVE YOU SEEN MOUSE? from Spork! (Click to Tweet)Beverly Love Warren Have You Seen Mouse


Congratulations to Robin Currie on the March 1st release of HOW TO DRESS A DINOSAUR from Familius and illustrated by Alycia Pace! (Click to Tweet)

 Robin Currie How to Dress a Dinosaur


Congratulations to Rachelle Jones Smith on the March 3rd release of MERMAIDS DON’T WEAR FLOATIES from Keepin’ Up Wit Press and illustrated by Jairalin Repalbor! (Click to Tweet)Rachelle Smith Jones Mermaids Dont Wear Floaties


Congratulations to Morissa Rubin on the March 8th release of DOT, DOT, POLKA DOT from POW! Kids Books! (Click to Tweet)Morissa Rubin Dot Dot Polka Dot


Congratulations to Lisa Thiesing on the March 8th release of A FAMILY IS… from Simon & Schuster/Aladdin! (Click to Tweet)Lisa Thiesing A Family Is


Congratulations to Amanda Flinn on the February release of GOD MADE ALL YOUR FEELINGS from Beaming Books and illustrated by Sejung Kim! (Click to Tweet)Amanda Flinn God Made All Your Feelings


Congratulations to Lisa Riddiough on the recent release of LETTERS TO LIVE BY: AN ALPHABET BOOK WITH INTENTION from Running Press Kids and illustrated by Asa Gilland! (Click to Tweet)Lisa Riddiough Letters to Live By

Congratulations to Jen Lynn Bailey on the March 22nd release of THE BOAT THAT BEN BUILT from Pajama Press and illustrated by Maggie Zeng! (Click to Tweet)Jen Lynn Bailey The Boat that Ben Built

 


Signed! Look who has an agent!

Evelyn Bookless signed with Becca Langton at Darley Anderson! Congrats!Evelyn Bookless Agent Signing

Leah Kessler signed with Natascha Morris at The Tobias Agency! Awesome!Leah Kessler Agent Signing

 


New Book Deals

Congratulations to Aya Khalil on the sale of THE BANNED-BOOKS BAKE SALE to Jonathan Eaton at Tilbury House! Anait Semirdzhyan will illustrate. Hooray!

Aya Khalil Contract

 

Congratulations to Carol Gordon Ekster on the sale of TRUCKER KID to Chris Harbo at Capstone! Russ Cox will illustrate. Huzzah!Carol Gordon Esker Contract

 

Congratulations to Carolyn Leiloglou on the sale of THE RESTORATIONISTS TRILOGY to Bunmi Ishola at WaterBrook! Awesome!

Carolyn Leiloglou contract

 

It’s a 12 x 12 two-fer! Congratulations to Dazzle Ng on the sale of WHEN AN ELEPHANT HEARS NO to Kayla Tostevin at Page Street Kids! Fellow 12 x 12 member Estrela Lourenço will illustrate. Excellent!Dazzle Ng Contract

Congratulations to Gabi Snyder on the sale of COUNT ON US! CLIMATE ACTIVISTS FROM ONE TO A BILLION to Kate DePalma at Barefoot Books! Sarah Walsh will illustrate. Woohoo!!

Gabi Snyder Contract

Congratulations to Jenny Lacika on the sale of TAKE PRIDE IN THE RIDE to Alex Borbolla at Atheneum! Nani Chacon will illustrate. Hooray!!

Jenny Lacika Contract

Congratulations to Jessica Kulekjian on the sale of VOLCANO DANCE and CLOUD DANCE to Kathleen Keenan at Kids Can Press! Zoe Si will illustrate. Wow!!

Jessica Kulejikan Contract

Congratulations to Katherine Pryor on the sale of HELLO RAIN! to Schiffer Kids! Rose Soini will illustrate. Yay!!

Katherine Pryor Contract

Congratulations to Lourdes Heuer on the sale of the bilingual board book series TEENY TIENDAS to Melanie Cordova at Candlewick! Zara González Hoang will illustrate. Woohoo!!

Lourdes Heuer Contract

Congratulations to Marzieh Abbas on the sale of HENNA IS to Emily Settle at Feiwel and Friends! Anu Chouhan will illustrate. Amazing!

Marzieh Abbas Contract

Congratulations to Nadia Ali on the sale of HUMPHREY THE EGG-SPLORER to He Siqin at Yeehoo Press! Way to go!

Nadia Ali Contract

Congratulations to Razeena Omar Gutta on the sale of HANA’S HUNDREDS OF HIJABS to Lisa Rosinsky at Barefoot Books! Manal Mirza will illustrate. Woohoo!!

Razeena Omar Guta Contract

Congratulations to Sylvia Chen on the sale of TRICKY CHOPSTICKS to Kristie Choi and Reka Simonsen at Atheneum! Fanny Liem will illustrate. Woohoo!!

Sylvia Chen Contract

 


Award Winners

Congratulations to Cynthia Argentine on NIGHT BECOMES DAY: CHANGES IN NATURE being named a finalist for SCBWI’s Golden Kite Award! WAY TO GO!
Cynthia Argentine Golden Kite Award

Congratulations to Dane Liu on being awarded the 2022 Oregon Literary Career Fellowship! That’s incredible!Dane Liu Award

Congratulations to Nelleke Verhoeff on 1 SMILE 10 TOES being awarded The Mathical Book Prize by Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)! Very cool!
Nelleke Verhoeff Award

Congratulations to Laura Gehl on ODD BEASTS: MEET NATURE’S WEIRDEST ANIMALS was named an ALA Notable Children’s Book! Woohoo!Laura Gehl Award

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

Keep up the good work, everyone!

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3 Responses

  1. Yay! Congratulations to everyone! It’s so wonderful to see such a long list of successes. I’m very happy to see my CP Beverly Love Warren and her new picture book!

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