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Community

12x12 is so much more than a membership.
It’s a Community!

Quite simply, when you join 12 x 12, you will never write alone again. You’ll have a 24 x 7 learning community that “gets” you and “has your back” for both triumphs and setbacks. Picture book creators of all backgrounds and experience levels are welcome in the friendliest writing community on earth!

Motivation

You’ve made a commitment to write more. Now 12 x 12 will keep you motivated. Monthly check-ins! Prizes from Featured Authors! Badges! Winners Wall! Getting it done is FUN.

Connection

Want a social media boost for your book? Have a burning question about comp titles? Need a shoulder to help you get past a disappointment? Your 12 x 12 family is there. Every time.

Celebration

Book Birthdays! Good News Posts! Agent Signings! Dance Party Fridays! We celebrate every step, both big and small, you take toward achieving your dreams.

SUCCESS!

Here are just a few of the hundreds of success stories from our members. YOU will be next!

2021 Winners Wall

CONGRATULATIONS to all of the 12 x 12 in 2021 members who completed 12 or more picture book drafts!! Three members wrote 34 new picture book drafts each! A grand total of 1,657 new picture book drafts were written by our 114 WINNERS this year! You are amazing!

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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).