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Hooray for Julia Moss! After spending years reading to her students and kids, she put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard?) and started creating her own picture book stories. Her tenacious amount of research

Stocking My Story Pantry for So Not Ghoul On August 2, 2022, So Not Ghoul will be haunting bookstores across the nation. What became my second picture book began as a from-the-heart hook in November

Hello, Hello! How is everyone holding up? I managed to scrape by this month with a revision AND a very, very crappy first draft written at the last minute. However, it’s been so long since

Whether we want to believe it or not, August is almost here. With a new month comes new submission opportunities for our 12 x 12 GOLD members! Check out our August Featured Agent profiles below

Congratulations to Mary Munson on signing with an agent! Mary’s excitement is contagious and we can’t wait to see that excitement come to life in her upcoming books. Do all the things and give Mary

We are so thrilled for Nell Cross Beckerman! After working with two previous agents, Nell knew exactly what she was looking for in her third agent and she took a very measured approach to the

Summer comes bearing gifts of 12 x 12 members’ Good News! Help us celebrate 10 new book releases in July! Plus, we get to announce more agent signings, thirteen(!) more 12 x 12 books under

Congratulations to Ann Koffsky! After years of working on the other side of the publishing desk as an editor, Ann quit her job to focus on being a writer. If you think that made her

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).