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12 x 12 January 2017 Check-in Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our first check-in of the year. Our January Featured Author Cheryl Keely is generously giving our winner a picture book critique. And the lucky winner is … CAROLYN LEILOGLOU! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize.

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).