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12 x 12 member Claire Bobrow gives us the inside scoop on how she landed her agent, Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency.

Time to announce the winner of our July 2023 check-in. Our prize this month comes from Featured Author Betsy Ellor.

12 x 12 member Ashlee MacCullum gives us a peek inside her journey to find her agent, Taj McCoy of Rees Literary Agency.

August Featured Author Donna Cangelosi encourages us to follow our passions when writing for children.

Time to celebrate your July accomplishments! Enter to win a critique or a signed book from July Featured Author Betsy Ellor!

Get to know Andrea Morrison of Writers House and Alyssa Eisner Henkin of Birch Path Literary, our 12 x 12 Featured Agents for August 2023.

12 x 12 member Melissa-Jane Fogarty (Nguyen) recounts her journey from 62 queries to 3 offers to 1 agent in Annabel Barker of Annabel Barker Agency.

Christine Alemshah shares how she went from overwhelmed to overjoyed when signed with Vicky Weber at The Purcell Agency!

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).