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It’s time to announce the winner of our August check-in. August Featured Author Karen Yin is offering a choice of a signed copy of any of her books or a 30-minute ask-me-anything chat to our

GOLD members! We’re not sure how we’ve gotten to October already, but here we are and your October Featured Agent profiles are below. There are only two more submission opportunities left this year, so take

Kindness abounds in today’s How I Got My Agent post from Kerry Aradhya! It would have been easy to get down on herself after spending a significant time with her first agent and not selling

September is sizzling with 12 x 12 Good News! So many new books to enjoy from your fellow 12 x 12 members! Plus, we have agent signings, new book deals, and an award to celebrate!

Congratulations, Tunisia! After years of loving to write, she got serious about learning the craft and now she’s on her way to picture book success with her new agent! We’re so excited to see what

This summer, we hosted a fun challenge for our illustrators! The challenge: Draw one of our new 12 x 12 characters in your own style. The character can be doing anything reading, writing, or drawing-related.

Beyond the Manuscript: Elevating the Critique Group Experience Writing as Community Writing may seem like a solitary activity, but having a supportive critique group is invaluable. Groups may function differently, but their shared purpose is

Hello, everyone! I’m excited because for once I have good news to report. I wrote a new manuscript and working on revisions for FOUR others! After being in a multi-month slump, it feels great to

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).