ACES: The Society for Editing Scholarship

Six scholarships are awarded annually through the ACES Education Fund. The generosity of donors enables all of these awards. 

Application materials for each year’s scholarships are made available on Aug. 15 on the ACES website and they close on Nov. 15 at 11:59 p.m. ET. 

Five ACES scholarships are awarded to students who excel in critical thinking about written materials in any field and aspire to a career involving editing. Four of these winners each receive $1,500, and the student chosen as the Aubespin Scholar receives $2,500. 

The Bill Walsh Scholarship — in honor of the late editor, author, and ACES guiding spirit — goes to a student who demonstrates excellence in the editing of news. The winner receives $3,500.