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Time to celebrate your September accomplishments! Enter to win a picture book from Featured Author Janet Sumner Johnson!

12 x 12 member Andi Chitty reveals the behind-the-scenes works that went into landing her agent, Jen Newens at Martin Literary Management

Time to announce the winner of our August 2023 check-in. Our prize this month comes from Featured Author Donna Cangelosi.

12 x 12 member Christina Shawn shares the work and excitement behind signing with Liz Nealon at Great Dog Literary.

September Featured Author Janet Sumner Johnson reveals her biggest secret to becoming a multi-published author. Will it work for you?

Time to celebrate your August successes! Enter to win a picture book critique from August Featured Author Donna Cangelosi!

Get to know Natascha Morris of Tobias Literary and Joyce Sweeney of The Seymour Agency, our 12 x 12 Featured Agents for September 2023.

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

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).