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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 18, 2017 1:05 PM<br>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You Could Win $500 & More!</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Enter the 2018 ACA Graduate Student Essay Competitions</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ACA graduate student members are invited to enter the annual essay competitions sponsored by the American Counseling Association Foundation (ACAF).<br>
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The authors of the two grand-prize-winning essays will be awarded $500, a complimentary ACA 2018 Conference & Expo registration, and publication of their essay in
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Counseling Today</span></em></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Prizes also will be awarded for runner-up
and honorable mention categories. The awards will be presented officially at the ACA Conference & Expo in Atlanta, Ga., in April 2018.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Participate in one of these competitions: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Future School Counselors Competition</span></i></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Sponsored by the Roland and Dorothy Ross Trust (open to all ACA members enrolled in counseling-related
studies at an accredited college or university leading to a career as a professional school counselor at the elementary, middle, or high school level). Only future school counselors who intend to work in PreK-12 educational settings are eligible.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tomorrow's Counselors Competition</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">– Sponsored by Gerald and Marianne Corey and Allen and Mary Bradford Ivey (open to all ACA members enrolled in counseling-related graduate studies at an accredited college or university).<br>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The essay theme, online application, full competition rules, and additional information can be found
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066A4">here</span></strong></a>. The deadline for essay submissions is
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 9, 2018. </span></strong></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Have questions? Send email to <a href="mailto:fburtnett@counseling.org" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066A4">fburtnett@counseling.org</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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