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Tuesday 12 x 12 – Kellie Johnston

Tuesday 12 x 12 - Kellie Johnston

For some of us, major life changes happen and we sit what it means. Today, Kellie Johnston shows us what wonderful things can happen when we embrace the change and are open to the seemingly small opportunities all around us. Kellie’s spirit is as warm as that sunny picture of hers, and she reminds us […]

Emma Walton Hamilton: January 12 x 12 Featured Author

What do you get when you mix a shiny new year, the beginning of another round of the 12 x 12 picture book writing challenge, and an amazingly talented and generous NYT-bestselling author kicking us off with the first featured author post? You get phenomenal writing tips to start your year AND unprecedented opportunities to get even […]

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).