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Ellen Lee

Ellen Lee is a writer, editor, journalist, mom and daughter of Chinese immigrants. Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Real Simple, and she is the ADJECTIVE author of Lunar New Year Mad Libs from Penguin Random House. She is passionate about sharing stories about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and increasing AAPI representation in the media. She is represented by Andrea Cascardi at Transatlantic Agency. She indulges in mint chocolate, peanut butter chocolate, and orange chocolate. Curly fries are the best fries. See more at http://ellenlee.com.

My Books
  • LUNAR NEW YEAR MAD LIBS
  • GREATEST GRANDMA MAD LIBS

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Financial Need Scholarship Guidelines

All applications will be accepted via email only between November 1, 2024 – November 30, 2024 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).