WSSCSW OUTSTANDING STUDENT PAPER AWARD
This is a reminder to consider submitting a paper for the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work’s
Outstanding Student Clinical Paper Award. The deadline is April 30th, 2011. The Society is your state
organization dedicated to clinical social work practice. One of our missions is to support and promote high
standards of social work clinical practice for those entering the profession.
For many years now, the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work has offered the Outstanding
Student Clinical Paper Award to MSW students in their graduating year from each of the MSW programs in our
state. This year, we will be offering 1 Grand Prize Award to the chosen winner and 1 Honorable Mention to
one UW graduating MSW student, 1 UW Tacoma graduating MSW student and 1 Walla Walla College
graduating MSW student.
If you submit a paper on a clinical topic and are selected for the top honor, you will receive a $500 AWARD, a
certificate suitable for framing, and a year’s membership in the Washington State Society for Clinical Social
Work. Honorable Mention winners will earn a certificate suitable for framing, and a year’s membership in the
Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work. You will also be mentioned in our statewide newsletter and
honored at your graduation ceremony. This is a wonderful way to put to use a paper you may have already
written for a class.
Please go to our website at www.wsscsw.org and you will find the “Student” navigation link. The Outstanding
Student Paper Award page will give you all the information you need about paper criteria, submission and your
faculty contact at your school. Winning papers chosen will have both a case study from your practicum/work
and supporting theory as well as a cover page detailing “Why I want to be a Clinical Social Worker.” Feel free
to contact me with questions you may have.
Sincerely,
Lyla Ross, LICSW
Outstanding Student Paper Award Coordinator
WSSCSW Associates Program Chair, Board of Directors
Please send submissions to:
WSSCSW
c/o Lyla Ross LICSW
3876 Bridge Way N. Suite 200
Seattle, WA. 98103
For further information from the WSSCSW, contact Lyla Ross by phone at: 206-226-5952
Or email: lylaross@hotmail.com