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Time to announce the winner of our November 2023 check-in. Our prize this month comes from Featured Author Costantia Manoli.

12 x 12 member Kristen Donohue reveals her path to finding agent Kara Grajkowski at 3 Seas Literary Agency.

Time to tells us about your November accomplishments! Enter to win a copy of TOMATOES IN MY LUNCHBOX Featured Author Costantia Manoli!

December Featured Author Kelsey Gross shares how to 12 x 12 can help keep your writing hope machine running.

12 x 12 member Tonnye Fletcher shares how she went from pitch party success to an agented writer with a brand new book deal!

Time to announce the winner of our October 2023 check-in. Our prize this month comes from Featured Author Srividhya Venkat.

12 x 12 member Elayne Crane takes us along on her journey to finding her new agent Sean McCarthy of Sean McCarthy Literary.

November Featured Author Costantia Manoli reveals barriers, breakthroughs, and how winning the 12 x 12 Diversity Scholarship led to success.

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).