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12 x 12 November 2019 Check-In!

Hello everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow American friends. Regardless where you are in the world though, I’m grateful for you all. What an amazing challenge year it’s been, and we have one month left to go! I did revise this month, but didn’t get a new draft done. But here is my pledge […]

12 x 12 November 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! Exciting to see these books come out just in time for the holidays. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for […]

12 x 12 October 2019 Check-In Winner!

12 X 12 check in winner 2019

It’s time to announce the winner of our October check-in. This month’s winner will win their choice of a picture book critique or a copy of ONE HUG from our October Featured Author Katrina Moore. And the winner is … CYNTHIA WYSZYNSKI! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your mailing […]

12 x 12 Featured Author November 2019 – Lisa Rogers

Lisa Rogers November 2019 Featured Author

When I was a young picture book reader, I lingered on the illustrations more than the text, imagining that I was in those worlds that were just hinted at on the page. With my debut picture book, I’ve now been privileged to witness for the first time how the world I made with words came […]

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).