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12 x 12 July 2018 Featured Author – Jami Gigot

Hello lovely picture book writers and illustrators! What an honor it is to be your guest blogger this month. You’ve done it! You’re over the halfway mark! I hope all of you have had a productive year so far. As summer rolls in, and the days get very busy, I hope you still manage to […]

12 x 12 Featured Author October 2017 – Katey Howes

Featured Author Katey Howes October 2017

I’m going to be honest with you all. I was scared to write this post. I know I’ve got a couple books coming out—which feels amazing and unreal all at once—but I don’t think that makes me any sort of expert. I am well aware that luck and timing and the subjective magic of the […]

12 x 12 October Featured Author – Lauri Fortino

12 x 12 Featured Author Lauri Fortino

Thank you, Julie! I’m honored to be the October 2016 featured author here at 12 x 12. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m the author of the picture book The Peddler’s Bed, which was published by Ripple Grove Press last year. Most of you should be acquainted with Ripple Grove Press thanks […]

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).