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12 x 12 June 2018 Featured Author – Michelle Cusolito

Thank you Julie and Kelli for welcoming me to the blog today. I’m a longtime 12 x 12 member who’s been reading these featured author posts for years. I’m honored to be this month’s author. I’m sure many of you have read my interviews on KidLit 411 and on other blogs hosted by friends and […]

12 x 12 May 2018 Check-In!

Ah, May. My favorite month. Springtime. Mother’s Day. My birthday. Bookended by the start of summer. I did a LOT of revising this month, and will continue that trend through June. I wrote a new draft in my head at the sink doing dishes, but since I haven’t gotten it down on paper yet, I’m […]

Jenna Pocius & Natascha Morris – 12 x 12 Featured Agent June 2018

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Jenna Pocius of Red Fox Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members June 1 -15. Natascha Morris of BookEnds Literary will be accepting picture book submissions […]

12 x 12 April 2018 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our April check-in. Special thanks to our April Featured Author Tara Luebbe!  We have two lucky winners this month!  One member will win a copy of Shark-Nate-O and another winner will win a copy of I Am Famous. And the winners are … LISA BILLA – SHARK-NATE-O!   […]

12 x 12 May 2018 Featured Author – Casey W. Robinson

Featured Author Casey Robinson 2018

In third grade, my teacher asked us to write a story that included directional language. She wanted us to describe how to get from one end of the classroom to the other. I wrote a harrowing tale about a determined bug that swung from shoelaces and narrowly escaped a falling spider plant to make it […]

Adriana Dominguez – 12 x 12 Featured Agent May 2018

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Adriana Dominguez of Full Circle Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members May 1-15. GOLD members: Please check the Submission Station section of the forum for additional […]

12 x 12 April 2018 Check-In!

Folks, I was on FIRE in April! I hope I can keep the writing momentum going because I wrote a draft (first one this year!) and revised three manuscripts – one of them several times. I think I’m trying to squeeze as much in as I can before summer arrives and the kids are underfoot […]

12 x 12 March 2018 Check-In Winner!

It’s time to announce the winner of our March check-in. Special thanks to our March Featured Author Laura Clement!  This month’s winner will receive a copy of Laura’s EGG, and also a Direct Submission opportunity with her publisher, Clear Fork Publishing.  Laura and the winner will spend a little time picking out the right manuscript for submission […]

12 x 12 April 2018 Featured Author – Tara Luebbe

Thank you, Julie and Kelli, for asking me to be the featured author this month. I’m a bit verklempt.  I am currently in “launch season” as I see my first two picture books, I AM FAMOUS and SHARK NATE-O, off into the world.  I have been very lucky in my writing journey in that I […]

12 x 12 March 2018 Check-In Post!

Wow! First quarter of 12 x 12 done and dusted. How are you doing? I must report that once again, I did not write a new draft. HOWEVER, I started one that I know I’ll go back to. I’ve been way into the revision weeds this month, and that actually feels good. I need to […]

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).