Writing Retreats
CSU Writes offers multiple writing retreat options over the academic year and summer. Faculty retreats during the fall and spring semesters tend to be shorter (1-2 days). Summer retreats are longer with 4- or 5-day retreat options.
Workshops
CSU Writes workshops address the 4 areas academic writers encounter their greatest challenges: SPACE, TIME, ENERGY/MOMENTUM, and ACADEMIC STYLE. Topics change each semester and explore the most current studies and trends in scholarly writing productivity and publishing.
Accountability & Momentum
WARP: Writing Accountability for Research Projects
A weekly accountability options for faculty and postdocs who wish to set weekly writing goals and be held accountable for meeting them.
show up & write.
M-T-W-R
These are writing-centered and quiet spaces that help faculty, postdocs, and graduate students build momentum on writing projects.
GRANT Writes
Work & Review groups are comprised of faculty and researchers who wish to generate and edit grant proposals or scholarly manuscripts. Each group runs for 4 to 8 weeks during a semester, depending on the focus of the group: NIH, NSF, article or book-length manuscript. Start and end dates will vary according to group or proposal due date.
Collaboration & Department Options
CSU Writes can support your department's researcher and scholarly writers throughout their career span.
CSU Writes has organized specialty presentations on writing productivity, offered graduate semester-long seminars, and supported specific department writing-oriented visions.