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Time to announce the winner of our February 2024 check-in. Our prize this month comes from Featured Author Dazzle Ng.

12 x 12 member Tina Shepardson shares how she landed her new agent Sharon Mergl Belcastro of the Belcastro Agency.

March Featured Author Christine Van Zandt shares 13 ways to kick off your picture book writing career. Try one today!

Tell us about your progress in 12 x 12 this month! Check in now for a chance to win a prize from February Featured Author Dazzle Ng.

Learn more about our March Featured Agents Mary Cummings of Great River Literary and Lane Clarke of Ultra Literary.

Time to announce the winner of our January 2024 check-in. Our prize this month comes from Featured Author Tziporah Cohen.

12 x 12 member Michael Benner shares his journey signing with his new agent Stacey Glick of Dystel Goderich & Bourret.

12 x 12 member Deborah Foster reveals how her agent search led her to signing with Lori Steel of Red Fox Literary.

Financial Need Scholarship Guidelines

All applications will be accepted via email only between November 1, 2023 – November 30, 2023 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).