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Did you check in for December? Featured Author Annette Clayton is offering one lucky 12 x 12 member a copy of PAPA AND PEARL!

Persistence, hard work, and her 12 x 12 membership helped Cheryl Johnson find the perfect agent, Mara Cobb at Martin Literary Management.

12 x 12 member Anita Yasuda suggests exploring the relationship between documenting joyful moments and creativity. Try this daily practice!

Congratulations to our 2024 Scholarship Winners! Come celebrate with us and get to know these outstanding picture book writers.

Happy year end! Calling all 12 x 12 members for the December check in. Tell us what you accomplished this month!

Did you check in for November? Featured Author Namita Moolani Mehra is offering one lucky winner one of her books or a picture book critique!

To find an agent, 12 x 12 member Yusuke Watanabe suggests you listen to your voice, understand yourself, and immerse yourself in your work!

Backmatter in fictional picture books? You bet! 12 x 12 member Annette Clayton shares the surprising ways to use backmatter in fiction.

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).