Thank you to everyone who applied for one of the two mentorships offered by Miranda Paul to two 12 x 12 members. We received 133 applications from 12 x 12 members! Kelli and I had a VERY hard time narrowing down the field and picking the top 20. There was not a bad manuscript in the bunch – truly! 12 x 12 members are clearly working hard on the craft of writing. Here’s what Miranda said about the top 20:
“The twenty [finalists] have impressed me greatly, and I feel that I could work with any of you. Your well-crafted stories and surefire pitches demonstrated how hard you’ve been working. Your heart and passion showed in your cover letters. Above all, there was a lot of professionalism in the applications, and this was a very tough decision for me. I’m so impressed, encouraged, and inspired by you!”
Miranda was so impressed she added two winners who will receive a 30 minute one-on-one Skype session with Miranda to discuss their work! The winners of the two Skype sessions are:
PATTY JOHNSON
CHANA STIEFEL
And, without further ado, the winners of the 2016 mentorships with Miranda Paul are
KATHLEEN BAHR
JENNI BIELICKI
Congratulations!! We will contact the winners in a separate email to with more detailed information.
Plus, we have a little good news for all 12 x 12 members: Miranda is our 12 x 12 webinar speaker for July! She’ll being discussing with us what she learned from reading your applications and giving us all tips we can use for our manuscripts and queries.
We are so proud of the work you are putting in to your writing career! 12 x 12 members are amazing!
Let’s also give a HUGE round of thanks to Miranda for giving so generously of her time and talent. We sure are lucky!
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Congrats to all winners! And I can’t wait to hear Miranda in July.
Congratulations to the winners! Such a great opportunity and such a generous gift of time and knowledge from Miranda. Can’t wait to watch the webinar.
Congrats to the winners! Miranda is so awesome, inspiring, and generous. Thank you for offering this wonderful opportunity to 12x12ers! Can’t wait to see the webinar. And sometime down the road, it would also be interesting if the mentees could share what they’ve learned with the group. Cheers!
Congrats to the winners! What a fantastic opportunity. Thanks for your generosity, Miranda!
Congratulations to all the winners! You are so fortunate to receive such a wonderful opportunity to work with Miranda. Thanks to Miranda, Julie and Kelli!
What great gifts and gifts of gifts. Congratulations to the winners. I look forward to the webinar.
Lucky winners! And I’ll look forward to Miranda’s webinar.
Miranda will definitely add to our arsenal of knowledge. Congratulations to the winners!
It’s great to see so many who want to further develop their craft. Congrats to all four winners!
To all the winners— a huge congratulations to each of you. Your time with Miranda will be miraculous, marvelous and magical.
Congratulations to all the winners! And a huge thanks to Miranda for all she does to give back to the kidlit community!
Congratulations to the winners! And a big batch of kudos to Miranda for paying it forward this way!
Congratulations to the winners and thank you 12 x 12 for presenting such amazing opportunities to learn the craft of writing for children. Glad to have found you!
Yay winners and yay Miranda! So generous! Thanks everyone for all the hard work you put into making the this possible.
Congratulations everyone!
Congratulations!!!
Congrats to everyone!
Congratulations Winners! 🙂
Congratulations winners! You all are in for a treat.
So great! Congrats to all! Lucky (and talented) peeps!
Hooray for Miranda in July! Can’t wait!
Yay! Congrats to all. I’m sure Miranda will be an encouraging presence in your journeys!
Congratulations, what a fab opportunity and a very generous input from Miranda!!
Congrats to all…and a big thank you to Miranda!
Congratulations to all of the winners!
Congratulations to all the winners!! Soak in all the wisdom!
Miranda, you’re an inspiration!
Thanks to Miranda Paul for adding more value to our 12 x 12 experience!
Congratulations to everyone who entered, and especially to the winners!
Looking forward to July’s webinar! 🙂
Congratulations on your well-deserved mentorship!
I hate that I missed this! Congrats everybody!