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Kamalani Hurley – How I Got My Agent

Kamalani Hurley Agent

We’re thrilled to bring you today’s GOLD Member success story! Kamalani Hurley signed with our May Featured Agent (and 12 x 12 Webinar Speaker) James McGowan! We know this formidable team will put some amazing books into the hands of kids. Congrats, Kamalani! We can’t wait to see your stories on bookshelves across the country! […]

Andrea Morrison and James McGowan – 12 x 12 Featured Agents May 2022

05-2022 Agents

New submission opportunities are blooming for our 12 x 12 GOLD members! Check out each agent’s guidelines on the forum as you prepare your submission. Then be sure to read all the posts in the Submission Station of the forum, before you hit the send button. Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose […]

James McGowan and Laurel Symonds – 12 x 12 Featured Agents May 2021

May 2021 Agents

GOLD members! It’s time to talk May submissions! Our 2021 Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose one of these two agents to submit their manuscript to in May. (If you are a SILVER member, you may use this info for research. Check out our How to Use 12 x 12 Featured Agent […]

Valerie Bolling – How I Got My Agent

Valerie Bolling How I Got My Agent Series 2021

Today we get the pleasure of celebrating with Valerie Bolling! Valerie had only been a member of 12 x 12 for a short time before finding her agent, but with her attention to detail and keen writing skills, we are not at all surprised that she landed the fabulous James McGowan as her agent. With […]

James McGowan & Erzsi Deak – 12 x 12 Featured Agents August 2020

August 2020 Agents

It’s a new month and time for two more agents to accept submissions from our 12 x 12 GOLD members in August. Our 2020 Little GOLDen Book members will be able to choose one of these two agents to submit their manuscript to this month. James McGowan of BookEnds Literary Agency will be accepting picture […]

Alexandra Weiss and James McGowan – 12 x 12 Featured Agents October 2019

It’s time to fall into submissions! Today we bring you our Featured Agents for October 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. Alexandra Weiss of Jennifer De Chiara Agency will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 […]

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).