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12 x 12 March 2022 Good News!

Good News 03-2022

It’s time to celebrate! Today we are partying it up with 12 x 12 members who have new books in the world, members who have recently signed with an agent, members with new book deals, and members who have won awards! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let […]

Heather Stigall – How I Got My Agent

Heather Stigall - How I Got My Agent

Hooray for Heather Stigall! Heather connected with her agent through her 12 x 12 GOLD membership and that makes us SO happy! The key to Heather’s success? She put in the work of writing, researching, and persisting until she found the right person who connected with her work. If you are in the querying trenches, […]

Financial Need Scholarship Guidelines

All applications will be accepted via email only between November 1, 2024 – November 30, 2024 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).