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12 x 12 December 2019 Check-In!

As Barry Manilow sings, “It’s just another New Year’s Eve.”But, as we know, it’s also the end of another year of 12 x 12. I think Barry strikes the right mix between bittersweetness and optimism. However, since it’s also the end of one decade and the beginning of another, I say we grab the optimism […]

12 x 12 December 2019 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. We’re excited to celebrate during such a celebratory time! Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. There is so much to celebrate! Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s […]

12 x 12 November 2019 Check-In Winner!

12 X 12 check in winner 2019

It’s time to announce the winner of our November check-in. November Featured Author Lisa Rogers is offering a choice to this month’s winner: a copy of her book 16 WORDS: WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AND “THE RED WHEELBARROW or a picture book manuscript critique. And the winner is … HEIDI YATES! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at […]

12 x 12 December 2019 Featured Author – Dan Marvin

Dan Marvin December 2019

In this post, I’ll be: Sharing my experiences. Plagiarizing Jerry Maguire. Name-dropping a lot. Humble-bragging a little. Taking an inside joke of a song way too far. Oh, 12×12 community. You complete me. I wrote my first draft of a picture book when my kids (now 12 and 11) were toddlers. Reading those books 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).