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BOO! It’s the scariest day of the year – when we realize there are just two months left in 12 x 12 for the year. 🙂 I hope you are all having a Happy Halloween

October has brought an incredible harvest of 12 x 12 Good News! Check out these new books from your fellow 12 x 12 members, plus, agent signings, new book deals, and awards to celebrate! If

GOLD members! November is creeping in and with it your last chance to use your 12 x 12 submission opportunity this year. Take a close look and decide who is the best fit for you

Welcome to Sandhya Acharya’s How I Got My Agent story! We love how Sandhya approached her agent much like she approached projects in her previous corporate life: she worked on her craft, did her research,

One of the little-known benefits of 12 x 12 is that it shortens the learning curve for new writers just discovering how the business of publishing works. Jessica Yoon is proof that it works! She

It’s time to announce the winner of our September check-in. September Featured Author Valerie Bolling is offering a choice of a copy of TOGETHER WE RIDE or a 15-minute ask-me-anything chat to our September check-in

Hello Everyone, 12×12 has been a part of my writing journey, and I am so glad to share a blog. I am so excited about my debut, DIWALI IN MY NEW HOME. I’d like to

Goodness, it can’t be October already, can it? The good news is, we still have one quarter left of the year to get those drafts and revisions done in 2022! I did not write a

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).