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Whew! May was quite a whirlwind. My oldest graduated from high school, my youngest completed his freshman year, and I celebrated a milestone birthday. I did a manage a revision this month, but I did

GOLD members! June submissions are nigh! Our 2021 Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose one of these two agents to submit their manuscript to in June. (If you are a SILVER member,

It’s our favorite time of the month! Time for some May Good News! We have new books, new agent deals, and new book contracts to celebrate! If you have good news in any of these

This week we get to celebrate with Katherine Pryor! Katherine didn’t let not having an agent stop her from getting published and that tenacity paid off as she built relationships throughout the industry that led

We are so excited to bring you today’s post because Kira Bigwood has been an active part of 12 x 12 for years and her new agent has been a 12 x 12 Featured Agent

Today we bring you Namita Mehra’s How I Got My Agent story. Namita proves that intense agent research (and/or stalking) helps you focus your queries with laser precision and gets you closer to finding the

It’s time to announce the winner of our April check-in. April Featured Author Rajani LaRocca is giving away a copy of picture book manuscript critique to one lucky 12 x 12 member! And the winner

It’s so gratifying to see long-time 12 x 12 members realize their dreams of becoming an agented writer! Today we get to celebrate with one such long-time member—Lori Dubbin! And, Lori’s story proves that sometimes

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).