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12 x 12 April 2015 Winner!

It’s time to giveaway our amazing April prize! This month, one VERY lucky 12 x 12 member will win a picture book critique from Caldecott-honor winning author/illustrator John Rocco! And the lucky winner is… SANDY JONES!! Congrats! Please contact Kelli at kelli (at) JulieHedlund (dot) com to claim your prize. Four months down, 8 to go! […]

John Rocco – 12 x 12 Featured Author April 2015

This must be some kind of record because this post published before I was even finished with it! I guess that’s sign enough that the lateness had gotten out of hand. HOWEVER, I am “jumping-up-and-down” thrilled to announce that Caldecott Honor-Winning author John Rocco is our featured author for April! I had the pleasure of meeting […]

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).