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12 x 12 July 2019 Check-In!

Well you guys, I am coming here yet another time with no manuscript in hand. It’s been a tough year for sure, but I NEED to get back to writing. When I go this long without something new, I feel like it’s not just myself I’m letting down, but also all of you. For anyone […]

Elizabeth Bennett and Sean McCarthy – 12 x 12 Featured Agents August 2019

We hope your summer is shaping up to be a good one! Today we bring you our Featured Agents for August. 2019 Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Elizabeth Bennett of Transatlantic Agency will be accepting picture […]

12 x 12 July 2019 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. There is so much to celebrate! This month we only have one 12 x 12 book being released, but we make up for that with FIVE agent signings and FIVE book deals! All other […]

12 x 12 June 2019 Check-In Winner!

12 X 12 check in winner 2019

It’s time to announce the winner of our June check-in. This month’s winner will win a copy of ROSIE THE DRAGON AND CHARLIE MAKE WAVES and a picture book manuscript critique from our June Featured Author Lauren Kerstein! And the winner is … KELLIE JOHNSTON! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com […]

12 x 12 July 2019 Featured Author – Lindsay Leslie

Featured Author Lindsay Leslie July 2019

Advice. Oh, there is so much advice going around, and everybody knows exactly what you should do and how you should go about getting published. I wish it were that easy. I remember when I decided to begin writing for children and wondered what in the world do I do now? I tried this and […]

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).