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12 x 12 February 2020 Good News

Award-winning 12 x 12 Feb 2020

It’s a good thing we have an extra day this month to get in all the Good News for our 12 x 12 members! 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 February 2020 Check-In!

Happy Leap Day, everyone! Aren’t you glad we got a whole extra day to write those February drafts? I am, since I wrote mine yesterday evening. So, I’m two for two this year so far. Same with revisions. I revised a manuscript that I’m almost ready to send back to my agent, so I’m feeling […]

Melissa Nasson and Allison Remcheck – 12 x 12 Featured Agents March 2020

March 2020 Agents - Melissa Nasson and Allison Remcheck

March submissions begin on Sunday! 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. Melissa Nasson of Rubin Pfeffer Content will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members March 1-15. Allison Remcheck of Rosemary Stimola […]

12 x 12 January 2020 Check-In Winner!

12 X 12 check in winner 2019

It’s time to announce the winner of our January check-in. January Featured Author Shannon Stocker is offering this month’s winner a signed copy of her book CAN U SAVE THE DAY! And the winner is … CHERYL JOHNSON! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com with your mailing address. Fall in love […]

12 x 12 February Featured Author – Fatma Anwer Al-Lawati

It may seem strange for some to know that until the early 70s, children in Oman knew no such thing as children books. Most of us from that generation did not grow up reading children’s picture books at an early age. As such, some may wonder how, with the lack of children’s book for kids […]

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).