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February 2019 Good News!

12 x 12 Good News 02-2019

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 released in February. All other good news was submitted before February 1st. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of […]

12 x 12 January 2019 Check-In Winner!

12 X 12 check in winner 2019

It’s time to announce the winner of our January check-in. Special thanks to our January Featured Author Vivane Elbee! This month’s winner will win a signed copy of TEACH YOUR GIRAFFE TO SKI! And the winner is … ANGELA DALTON! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to with your mailing address […]

12 x 12 Featured Author February 2019 – Vivian Kirkfield

_Featured Author Vivian Kirkfield February 2019

Vivian Kirkfield is making her picture book debut this year with three new books! Now before you think Vivian is an overnight success, let me fill you in on a little secret. This particular Featured Author post has been postponed two different YEARS, because the first book she signed a deal for was postponed two […]

12 x 12 January 2019 Check-In!

WE ARE ONE MONTH IN to 12 x 12 in 2019!! It always seems hard to believe, somehow. I fared well, both writing a new draft (and extremely rough, extremely sh*tty), and did a lot of revision. Two manuscripts went out on submission. That’s more than usually gets done for me in the height of […]

Jennie Dunham & Alyssa Eisner Henken – 12 x 12 Featured Agents February 2019

February 2019 Agents

It’s time for a new year of submitting! Huzzah! 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. Jennie Dunham of Dunham Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members February 1-15. Alyssa Eisner […]

January 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. This month we’re featuring books by 12 x 12 members released in January (and one that came in after our December deadline). All other good news was submitted before January 1st. Be sure to […]

12 x 12 December 2019 Check-In Winner!

Kelli here. With the busyness of registration, I discovered today that I managed to pick the winner of the December 2018, but I didn’t actually click the magic “publish” button. My apologies for not announcing our winner sooner! It’s time to announce the winner of our December check-in. Special thanks to our December Featured Author […]

12 x 12 Featured Author January 2019 – Viviane Elbee

Happy New Year, 12 x 12 Members! We’re are excited to announce that for the third year in a row, our Featured Author posts will come from our 12 x 12 community. We are so proud of the success of our members and love that we get to celebrate with you this way. Remember these […]

Meet the 2019 12 x 12 Scholarship Winners!

Let’s ring in the New Year by congratulating and welcoming our 2019 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge Scholarship winners! The 12 x 12 Scholarship Fund started in 2014, when the 12 x 12 community generously donated funds to provide four scholarships in two categories — Diversity and Financial Need — for pre-published picture book authors. […]

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).