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June Featured Author Gabriella Aldeman shares four tried-and-true revision tips that help her punch up her stories.

Time to tell us about your achievements this month and enter to win a prize from May Featured Author Rebecca Gardyn Levington!

2022 12 x 12 Scholarship winner Sabrina Shah shares her journey to signing with Regina Bernard-Cerreno of Ladderbird Literary.

From #PBPitch to a signed contract, Jessica Milo shares how a Twitter pitch led her to Jonathan Rosen of The Seymour Agency.

We're already 4 months into the 12 x 12 challenge. Tell us about your progress and enter to win a prize from Featured Author Christine Evans!

Get to know Stefanie Molina of Ladderbird Literary and Rick Margolis of Rising Bear Literary, our 12 x 12 Featured Agents for May 2023.

May Featured Author Rebecca Gardyn Levington unveils how a slight change in your self-talk can help you manifest your writing dreams.

Why have one agent when you can have two? Pradeep Velugubantla reveals his path to the agent team of Joyce Sweeney and Marisa Cleveland.

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).