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12 x 12 Check-In September 2017

Wow, we are turning into the 4th quarter of 2017. September is never a favorite month of mine, and this one was no different. BUT, I did write a new draft! It’s terrible, but I think it has promise. I’m spending some time thinking about what I want to accomplish with my writing before the […]

Rick Richter & Mary Cummings – 12 x 12 Featured Agents October 2017

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Rick Richter of Aevitas Creative Management will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members October 1-15.  Mary Cummings of Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises will be accepting picture […]

12 x 12 August 2017 Check-in Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our August check-in. This month, two winners will get a signed copy of the English or Spanish version of  Tuktuk Tundra Tale by Robin Currie. And the winners are … MYRNA FOSTER! BARBARA PARKER!   Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your mailing address […]

12 x 12 Featured Author September 2017 – Anna Forrester

Featured Author Anna Forrester September 2017

LOVE WRITING September is a great—if bittersweet—month: kids head back to school, garden plants fade and droop, and days fold in on themselves. And, we rediscover chunks of time for work. (Or if we teach, we begin a new juggle!) I love getting back to my desk, because I love words and language and stories, […]

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).