12 x 12 August 2022 Good News!
August is a banner month for 12 x 12! It’s too hot to be outside, so stay inside and read one of these 12 x 12 member books. This month we have two new series launching and 17 other books to celebrate! Plus, we have agent signings, new book deals, and awards. No summer slump […]
Karen Yin – 12 x 12 Featured Author August 2022
Stocking My Story Pantry for So Not Ghoul On August 2, 2022, So Not Ghoul will be haunting bookstores across the nation. What became my second picture book began as a from-the-heart hook in November 2019: “Mimi’s not your typical American ghost, but she wishes she were.” But a hook is not a story, so […]
12 x 12 July 2022 Good News!
Summer comes bearing gifts of 12 x 12 members’ Good News! Help us celebrate 10 new book releases in July! Plus, we get to announce more agent signings, thirteen(!) more 12 x 12 books under contract, and more award winners! How lucky are we? If you have good news in any of these categories, be […]
12 x 12 May 2021 Good News!
It’s our favorite time of the month! Time for some May Good News! We have new books, new agent deals, and new book contracts to celebrate! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know by filling out the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of […]
AAPI 12 x 12 Books
As the founder of 12 x 12, I am so disheartened by the dramatic rise in Anti-Asian racism in the Western world, and in the U.S. in particular. The tragic deaths of six Asian-American women in an Atlanta mass shooting last week is a grim reminder that we have a great deal of work to […]
Meet the 12 x 12 2020 Scholarship Winners!
Let’s ring in the New Year by congratulating and welcoming our 2020 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge Scholarship winners! The 12 x 12 Scholarship Fund started in 2014, when the 12 x 12 community generously donated funds to provide four scholarships in two categories — Diversity and Financial Need — for pre-published picture book […]
