Do You Want to Write 12 Picture Books in 12 Months? | Learn More!

Julie Hedlund

Before Julie Hedlund founded The 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge, she had neither an agent nor any published books. She started 12 x 12 as a way to motivate herself to write more in order to achieve her writing goals. The rest, as they say, is history. BUT if you’re interested in knowing […]

Kelli Panique

Kelli believes you should always say yes when asked if you want to learn something new. This willingness to learn new things has led to a resume that includes working at a dance studio, an interior design firm, the University of Redlands (Och Tamale!), a temp agency (but not as a temp), a men’s clothing […]

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).