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12 x 12 October 2021 Check-In!

Boo! Believe it or not, we have reached the end of October. Just two months left in this year’s challenge. How are you doing? I know I’ve struggled to write new drafts. This month got subsumed by book promotion on OVER, BEAR! UNDER, WHERE? and editorial revisions on my next PB. But I certainly can’t […]

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).