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12 x 12 June 2017 Winner!

It’s time to announce the winners of our June check-in. This month we had three books up for grabs from Featured Author Tim McCanna! And the winners are … Barnyard Boogie Winner – TINA BARBOUR! Watersong Winner – LISA KATZENBERGER! Bitty Bot Winner – KARIN LARSON!   Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund […]

12 x 12 July 2017 Featured Author – Leanne Shirtliffe

Hey 12 x 12ers, What a delight it is to be here. Can you see me waving from Canada? There’s no wall! I have a few counter-intuitive ideas to share with you regarding this crazy writing journey we’re on. 1. Don’t quit your day job. I still haven’t. I teach high school English full time […]

Janine Le & Ginger Harris – 12 x 12 Featured Agents July 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. Janine Le of Sheldon Fogelman Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members July 1-15.  Ginger Harris of Liza Royce Agency will be accepting picture book […]

12 x 12 June 2017 Check-In!

Well, I didn’t write OR revise this month (boo!), but I did take a real vacation with my kids. That sometimes happens at six months in. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” I did a lot of somethings worth writing about this month. 😉 Happy 4th of […]

12 x 12 May 2017 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our May check-in. Featured Author Chana Stiefel is giving away a signed copy of her picture book Daddy Depot! And the winner is … JUDY COOPER! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. Be inspired by your favorite summer activities and write […]

12 x 12 June 2017 Featured Author – Tim McCanna

Hey 12 x 12ers! Tim here. I started writing picture books way back in 2009. I flailed around for 3 years, studying the industry and practicing my craft. By the time I joined 12 x 12 in January of 2012, I was a hungry, handsome, unpublished writer with a big binder full of rejection letters. […]

12 x 12 May 2017 Check-In!

You can bet your booty that, since I spent a week at Jane Yolen’s home in Scotland, I got both a draft and a revision done for May! It was as if the walls were saying, “Butt in chair! Butt in chair!” In fact, I wrote two new drafts in May which is a personal best […]

Erzsi Deak & Christa Heschke – 12 x 12 Featured Agents June 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. Erzsi Deak of Hen&ink Literary Studio will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members June 1-15.  Christa Heschke of McIntosh & Otis, Inc. will be accepting picture book submissions from […]

12 x 12 April 2017 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our April check-in. Featured Author Heather Preusser is giving away a signed copy of her debut picture book A Symphony of Cowbells! And the winners is … KATE ARONSON! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. Spring has sprung! May your head be […]

12 x 12 May 2017 Featured Author – Chana Stiefel

12 x 12 Featured Author Chana Stiefel 2017

Recently, a friend asked me why I’m so excited about the release of my debut picture book, DADDY DEPOT. I mean, it’s all I’ve been yapping about for months. We 12 x 12ers get it. Debut. Picture. Book. Hellloooo?! But my friend’s question was really this: “What makes this book different from all of your […]

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).