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12 x 12 March 2016 Check-In!

  Wow! Here we are at the end of the first quarter of 2016. I had an interesting month, in that both my draft and my revision were on the same manuscript–and I got the revision done first! You see, I had been revising a story over and over trying to fix this and that so […]

Jennie Dunham & Ginger Harris – 12 x 12 Featured Agent April 2016

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Jennie Dunham of  Dunham Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 Gold members April 1-15. Ginger Harris of the Liza Royce Agency will be accepting picture book submissions […]

12 x 12 February 2016 Check-in Winner!

Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner! Well, not really, but this month’s winner WILL win a picture book manuscript critique from February’s Featured Author Melanie Florence! And the winner is… MONICA STOLTZFUS! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your mailing address to claim your prize. May the March winds bring you a new […]

12 x 12 Featured Author March 2016 – Julie Falatko

I am so very happy to introduce you today to one of my earliest children’s writer friends and our March 12 x 12 Featured Author, Julie Falatko. She is not only one of the funniest people on the planet, but she’s also one of the most kind-hearted and authentic. So I am not at all […]

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).