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12 x 12 November 2018 Check-In!

Folks, we have but one month left in the 12 x 12 challenge this year. It’s always both an exciting and bittersweet time. Exciting because we have a shiny new year ahead with new possibilities for our writing. Bittersweet because the current year of writing and community is coming to a close. There will be […]

November 2018 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. This month we’re featuring books by 12 x 12 members that were released in November (and one from October we just found out about!). All other good news was submitted before November 1st. Be […]

12 x 12 October 2018 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our October check-in. Special thanks to our October Featured Author Hannah Holt! This month’s winner will get a signed copy of THE DIAMOND AND THE BOY! And the winner is … BARI OLSON! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to with your mailing address […]

12 x 12 Featured Author November 2018 – Alison Pearce Stevens

Featured Author Alison Pearce Stevens November 2018

A huge thank you to Kelli and Julie for asking me to be a featured author here at 12×12! In some ways I feel out of place doing this, because, well, most of what I write isn’t picture books. In fact, most of my writing is commissioned or work for hire (WFH). Now, that means […]

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).