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Annette Clayton – How I Got My Agent

How I Got My Agent - Annette Clayton

If you are in the querying trenches, do not miss today’s post! Annette Clayton breaks down her journey to find her current agent and gives practical advice for finding your agent. Annette, we’re proud of you for sticking up for yourself and helping others along the way! Huge congratulations on getting your agent! How long […]

12 x 12 December 2019 Featured Author – Dan Marvin

Dan Marvin December 2019

In this post, I’ll be: Sharing my experiences. Plagiarizing Jerry Maguire. Name-dropping a lot. Humble-bragging a little. Taking an inside joke of a song way too far. Oh, 12×12 community. You complete me. I wrote my first draft of a picture book when my kids (now 12 and 11) were toddlers. Reading those books to […]

12 x 12 Featured Author January 2019 – Viviane Elbee

Happy New Year, 12 x 12 Members! We’re are excited to announce that for the third year in a row, our Featured Author posts will come from our 12 x 12 community. We are so proud of the success of our members and love that we get to celebrate with you this way. Remember these […]

Jenna Pocius & Natascha Morris – 12 x 12 Featured Agent June 2018

Little GOLDen Book members of 12 x 12 will be able to choose one of two agents to submit their manuscript to each month. Jenna Pocius of Red Fox Literary will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 GOLD members June 1 -15. Natascha Morris of BookEnds Literary will be accepting picture book submissions […]

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).