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Jenna Beatrice – How I Got My Agent

Jenna Beatrice - How I Got My Agent

So much to congratulate Jenna Beatrice on—including a new baby! Welcome to the world, Henry! It’s our wish that you’ll be endlessly inspired by your mom who is following her dreams and turning them into reality. Go Jenna! How long had you been writing before seeking an agent, and what made you decide it was […]

Laurel Symonds & Alyssa Eisner Henkin – 12 x 12 Featured Agents March 2022

Laurel Symonds and Alyssa Eisner Henkin

Time to march toward a new submission opportunity for our 12 x 12 GOLD members! Be sure to read all the posts in the Submission Station of the forum, before you start submitting. Check out each agent’s guidelines on the forum before you prepare your submission. Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose […]

Alyssa Eisner Henkin and Adria Goetz – 12 x 12 Featured Agents April 2020

April 2020 Agents - Alyssa Eisner Henkin and Adria Goetz

Well, the world has changed since our last agent profile post, but these agents are still looking forward to getting 12 x 12 GOLD member submissions in April. Our 2020 Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Alyssa Eisner Henkin of Trident […]

Jennie Dunham & Alyssa Eisner Henken – 12 x 12 Featured Agents February 2019

February 2019 Agents

It’s time for a new year of submitting! Huzzah! 2019 Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Jennie Dunham of Dunham Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members February 1-15. Alyssa Eisner […]

Alyssa Eisner Henken & Adria Goetz – 12 x 12 Featured Agents April 2018

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Alyssa Eisner Henken of Trident Media Group will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members April 1-15. Adria Goetz of Martin Literary Management will be accepting picture […]

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).