CONGRATULATIONS to all of the 12 x 12 in 2012 participants who completed 12 or more picture book drafts. I made this short video to congratulate them on their achievement. I hope you’ll watch and extend your own congratulations in the comments. Many thanks to all of you who “reported in” with your winning numbers! 
12 x 12 in 2012 Winners, in the order of their appearance in the video
- Marcie Colleen completed 16 Picture Book Drafts
- Shannon Abercrombie completed 13 Picture Book Drafts
- Alison Hertz completed 19 Picture Book Drafts
- Deb Lund completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Beth Stilborn completed 14 Picture Book Drafts
- Vivian Kirkfield completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Ramona Davey completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Patricia Nozell completed 13 Picture Book Drafts
- Wendy Greenley completed 14 Picture Book Drafts
- Jennifer Young completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Carrie Finison completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Kelly McDonald completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Jo Hart completed 15 Picture Book Drafts
- Linda Boyden completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Hannah Holt completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Cathy Ballou Mealey completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Chris and Mel Bugaj completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Marcie Flinchum Atkins completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Julie Falatko completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Tina Cho completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Tim McCanna completed 21 Picture Book Drafts
- Genevieve Petrillo (aka “Cupcake) completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Romelle Broas completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Becky Fyfe completed 38 Picture Book Drafts
- Beth Thaler completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Jarm Del Boccio completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Alayne Kay Christian completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Robyn Campbell completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
MORE Winners, reporting in after the video was completed
- Stacy Jensen completed 20 Picture Book Drafts
- Terri Forehand completed 13 Picture Book Drafts
- Sharon Putnam completed 38 Picture Book Drafts
- Miranda Paul completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Julie Rowan-Zoch completed 45 Picture Book Drafts
- Saba Negash completed 13 Picture Book Drafts
- Damon Dean completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Laura Miller completed 15 Picture Book Drafts
- Elizabeth McBride completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
- Lisa Rogers completed 12 Picture Book Drafts
That’s 567 Picture Book Drafts people! And this is only counting the winners who reported in, and does not count the hundreds of participants who wrote multiple drafts in 2012 but didn’t make it all the way to twelve. I’d call this an astonishing result! Truthfully, all participants are winners because we wrote more together than we would have going alone — LOTS more!
Thank you for joining me on this crazy journey!
Julie Rowan-Zoch completed 45 picturebook drafts in 2012
That is unbelievable Julie!! Unbelievable.
Wow! Way to go Julie!!!!
This is fantastic!!!! When did this video go up? Where was I? Why aren’t there hundreds of comments?
Thank you so much, Julie…the 12×12 template has given much-needed direction for our creativity. YOU ROCK!
That is SO amazing, everyone! And I’m surprisingly not even jealous (because I only wrote 2 new ones, but revised 6). What I’d really like to do is read them all.
Hmmm… Oh, I know! Enter them into my contest! You could get an awesome critique and bragging rights to boot. Just started taking entries for the Spring Quarter. You can submit through June 30th. To find out how, visit my blog. Can’t wait to see the amazing talent!