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Category: Featured Author

12 x 12 May 2015 Winner!

It’s time to giveaway our wonderful May prizes! This month, two happy 12 x 12 members will win a picture book critiques from Stacy McAnulty! And the

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12 x 12 April 2015 Winner!

It’s time to giveaway our amazing April prize! This month, one VERY lucky 12 x 12 member will win a picture book critique from Caldecott-honor winning

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Peter Brown: September 12 x 12 Featured Author

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Caldecott Honor-winning author/illustrator Peter Brown to our 12 x 12 featured author series. I have been a HUGE fan of Peter’s work for

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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).