12 x 12 January 2020 Check-In!
Wow! Can you believe we’ve made it all the way through the first month of 12 x 12 and to the first check-in? And what a month it’s been! More than 1000 of you have joined the challenge this year, two of our members won major ALA awards, and we had that epic webinar with […]
Jennie Dunham & Charlotte Wenger – 12 x 12 Featured Agents February 2020
It’s time for a new year of 12 x 12 submissions! Hooray! 2020 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 […]
12 x 12 January 2020 Good News!
This is a VERY special edition of the Good News! The American Library Association (ALA) announced their annual awards and TWO, count ’em, TWO 12 x 12 members were among the honored books! 2020 Caldecott Honor Book – DOUBLE BASS BLUES illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez and written by 12 x 12 member Andrea J. Loney! […]
12 x 12 December 2019 Check-In Winner!
It’s time to announce the winner of our December check-in. December Featured Author Dan Marvin is offering this month’s winner a signed copy of his book BUT I DON’T EAT ANTS and come bug-filled candy treats! And the winner is … GENEVIEVE PETRILLO! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your […]
12 x 12 January 2020 Featured Author – Shannon Stocker
A New Year’s Revelation I’ve had a revelation. New Year’s resolutions suck. It’s not that I don’t appreciate goals. Holiday cookies stick to my thighs too, y’all. But every spring, when January resolutions dart away like dandelion seeds in a hurricane, I kick myself and mutter mean words like weak and failure at the mirror. […]
Meet the 12 x 12 2020 Scholarship Winners!
Let’s ring in the New Year by congratulating and welcoming our 2020 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 […]