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Mindy Yuksel- 12 x 12 Featured Author June 2021

Mindy Yuksel Featured Author June 2021

Mining Your Memories We’ve all experienced the transformative power of books. Besides being entertaining and fun, books can be a lifeline, a sacred refuge, an affirmation, and validation of our feelings, and our identity. Books are also wonderful tools to learn about peoples, cultures, and topics we’re unfamiliar with, to teach empathy and kindness, and […]

12 x 12 September 2019 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. There is so much to celebrate! So many book deals to announce this month. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good […]

September 2018 Good News!

Award-winning 12 x 12 Writers - 09-2018

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone on their achievements. This month we’re featuring books by 12 x 12 members that were released in September. All other good news was submitted before September 1st. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the […]

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).