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Leah Rose Kessler

Leah Rose Kessler

Leah Rose Kessler has been a member of 12×12 for five years. She graduated from Carleton College with a BA in biology and often brings her love of science to her writing. She has worked at San Francisco’s Exploratorium science museum and spent many happy years in the classroom, teaching everything from 2nd grade to middle school Life Sciences. Most recently she was a 4th grade classroom teacher at her local Hebrew Day School. She currently lives in Michigan with two humans and two cats. Leah is represented by Natascha Morris at The Tobias Literary Agency and her debut picture book, RAT FAIR, was published in June of 2021. You can also find her work in Cricket Media’s Babybug and Spider magazines. 

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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).