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Gabi Snyder – How I Got My Agent

12 X 12 Challenge | Gabi Snyder

Three cheers for Gabi! She aimed for those 100 rejections and landed her agent. It’s hard to put yourself out there, but when you put in the work and do your research, finding the right agent for your work can happen. Let’s find out more about Gabi’s story.  How long had you been writing before […]

Emily Galle-From – How I Got My Agent

12 X 12 Challenge | Emily Galle-From

We love how Emily Galle-From chose to be selective in her agent queries. Researching agents and submitting to those who are a good fit for you and your work is the best advice we can give to writers who have 3-4 polished manuscripts and are ready to start to submitting. The work of researching paid […]

Dan Marvin- How I Got My Agent

12 X 12 Challenge | Dan Marvin

Dan Marvin is a perfect example of one of our 12 x 12 principles: You’ll get out of 12 x 12 what you put into 12 x 12. From his first year as a member, Dan got involved. He took on the writing challenge and wrote 12 manuscripts in a year. He found a critique […]

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).