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Formal recognition of the winning essayists will take place at the National Awards Ceremony at the ÀÖ²©´«Ã½2017 Conference and Expo (March 16-19) in San Francisco.

Future School Counselor Essay Competition

 Grand Prize Winner (Award - $500 and complimentary 2017 conference registration)

•  Mitra Ghandeharizadeh, Johns Hopkins University (MD) 

 Runners Up (Award - $250 and complimentary 2017 ÀÖ²©´«Ã½conference registration)

• Trista Bruns, Plymouth State University (NH)
• Jennifer Debevec, San Francisco State University (CA)
• Katie Hanson, University of North Dakota (ND)
• Claire Randall, Liberty University (VA)
• Nicholas White, Alfred University (NY)

Honorable Mentions (Award - Complimentary 2017 ÀÖ²©´«Ã½conference registration)

• Megan Dunn, Monmouth University (NJ)
• Jennifer Dwiggins, College of William & Mary (VA)
• Jacqueline Iloh, Johns Hopkins University (MD)
• Marcus Peerman, Virginia State University (VA)
• Margaret Scally, Trinity Washington University (DC)
• Austen Winkler, College of William & Mary (VA)
• Rebecca Yellen, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi (TX)

Tomorrow’s Counselor Essay Competition

Grand Prize Winner  (Award - $500 and complimentary 2017 conference registration)

•  Leah Culler, Antioch University – Seattle (WA) 

 Runners Up (Award - $250 and complimentary 2017 ÀÖ²©´«Ã½conference registration)

• Jacqueline Barthelemy, Chicago School of Professional Psychology (IL)
• Sam Colbert, Ball State University (IN)
• Travis Kraemer, Western Seminary (OR)
• Jeffrey Wilson, MidAmerica Nazarene University (KS)
• Leah Yeomans, University of North Carolina – Charlotte (NC)

Honorable Mentions (Award - Complimentary 2017 ÀÖ²©´«Ã½conference registration)

• Brittany Bishop, Longwood University (VA)
• Karen Cohen, National Louis University (IL)
• Lauren Deasy, University of North Carolina – Charlotte (NC)
• Jazmin Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso (TX)
• Eleanor McAuliffe, University of New Orleans (LA)
• Pneurissa Stamps, Chicago State University (IL)
• Cassandra Riedy, Belmont University (TN)
• Kasey Seltner, Neumann University (PA)
• Angela Touchton, Lindsey Wilson College (KY)
• Caleb Watkins,University of the Cumberlands (KY)

 The Grand Prize essays will be published in an upcoming edition of Counseling Today.