Home - 12x12 Challenge 12x12 Book Chats! Every month, we celebrate members who have received awards, signed with an agent, announced a book contract, or released a new book Join us, and we’ll celebrate YOU
Webinar Speakers - 12x12 Challenge 12x12 offers numerous amazing benefits, but webinars alone are worth the price of admission They are always valuable, always relevant, and always really interesting Each presenter provides information that is immediately applicable no matter where you are on your picture book journey
Membership - 12x12 Challenge Join the 12x12 Challenge! As a member of 12 x 12, you’ll get the motivation and accountability you need to write and revise more picture books each year No matter what your experience level – brand new writer to multi-published author and everything in between – you will learn, grow, and advance your career
12x12 Contributors - 12x12 Challenge Meet the 12 x 12 contributors! Founder Julie Hedlund, Wizard Kelli Panique, Forum Elves, Critique Ninjas, Diversity Committee more
Diversity - 12x12 Challenge Working with our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, composed of diverse members of the 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge The Committee works to ensure we are serving our diverse 12 x 12 members and to continuously improve our services, outreach, and accessibility Welcoming members of all backgrounds, from across the globe, into the Challenge
12 x 12 January 2024 Check-In! - 12x12 Challenge My goal is to have it ready for submission by April 1, 2024, so have a lot a work ahead of me To meet the 12X12 Challenge, on January 31st I wrote a new picture book, “Riley the Duck Loves to Fly ” I am really excited to try the wordless picture book as my February 12X12 Challenge piece Continued success to you all!!!
Meet the 12 x 12 2025 Scholarship Winners! - 12x12 Challenge Happy New Year! We are thrilled to announce a brand new crop of 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 authors Since 2016, our members have donated enough money to
12x12 Challenge | Community | Picture Book Writers 12x12 is so much more than a membership It’s a Community! Quite simply, when you join 12 x 12, you will never write alone again You’ll have a 24 x 7 learning community that “gets” you and “has your back” for both triumphs and setbacks
Featured Agents - 12x12 Challenge “Whenever I see a writer mention that they're involved in 12 x 12, I know that they're going to be a bit savvier and polished than the average bear Once I started participating in 12x12 as a featured agent, I felt like it helped establish me in the kidlit community, which I'm so thankful for
Julie Hedlund - 12x12 Challenge Before Julie Hedlund founded The 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge, she had neither an agent nor any published books She started 12 x 12 as a way to motivate herself to write more in order to achieve her writing goals The rest, as they say, is history BUT if you’re interested in knowing […]