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Find out what September Featured Agents are Karly Dizon of Fuse Literary and Emily S. Keyes of Keyes Agency are looking in picture books.

112 x 12 member Johanna Peyton reveals how good it feels to find someone who gets her writing—Taylor Martindale Kean of Full Circle Literary.

Are you the winner of our July 2024 check-in? Our prize this month comes from June Featured Author Kari Lavelle.

Featured Author Bridgitte Rodguez (A WALK THROUGH THE REDWOODS) tells us to focus on curiosities, not passions, for picture book success.

How was July for your writing journey? Tell us about your progress and check in for a chance to win a prize from Kari Lavelle.

Discover more about July Featured Agents Sera Rivers of Speilburg Literary Agency and James McGowan of BookEnds Literary.

12 x 12 member April Berry reveals the ups and downs of her agent journey and how Katie Monson at SBR Media became her agent.

12 x 12 member Viviane Elbee shares what she wanted in her second agent and how Christie Megill at The CAT agency checked all the boxes.

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).