CSU Writes is a writing facilitation program for CSU’s professional researchers and academic writers who seek to boost productivity and develop sustainable writing practices for publication, submission, and degree completion.
Upcoming CSU WRITES Events
Fall 2025 marks a decade of CSU Writes supporting research writers across campus. We are deeply grateful to the thousands of writers who have participated in CSU Writes events, supported one another, and helped build a professional research writing community of excellence at CSU.
Fall 2025: How We Write
Join us for a semester of recognition and events focused on how we write—as researchers, experts, and emerging experts in our fields. We’ll explore the practices that shape scholarly excellence and foster a vibrant writing culture.
Spring 2026: Writing the Next Decade
Looking ahead, our spring 20026 programming features guest speakers and special events designed to launch us into the next decade of research writing support. As writing continues to evolve with AI and new modes of scholarly expression, CSU Writes remains committed to helping you adapt, thrive, and lead through successful submissions, publications, and proposals.
What We Offer
Workshops Courses, & Events
Rotating workshops and special courses and events address the 5 areas academic writers encounter their greatest challenges:
Space, Time, Energy / Momentum, Academic Style, and Collaboration.
Retreats
Writers who attend retreats access a writing community here at CSU and tend to produce much more writing than they would on their own.
Grant Support
CSU Writes partners with resident experts to provide low-stakes grant writing support and feedback, including drop-in writing sessions, workshops, and retreats, with special emphasis on NSF Career projects.
Productivity Support
Regular drop-in writing sessions for all CSU research writers.
Dedicated writing accountability groups for faculty and grad students.
What Writers Say
CSU Writes on YouTube
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CSU Writes Supports Innovation
Join the Fall Book Club Discussion of Co-Intelligence
Many CSU researchers and scholars have been using AI machine learning programs long before “AI” and Large Language Models (LLM) entered mainstream vocabulary. Yet, for most of us, Generative AI systems (GenAI) like CoPilot and CSU-GPT are recent contributors to our research, writing, and teaching. The past couple of years
Encouragement with Humor for Uncertain Times: “Keep Calm and Write On”
At CSU, writing is not just a task on our to-do lists. Writing is how we think, how we collaborate, and how we create the research that advances our disciplines. Writing is also how we occasionally spiral into existential doubt before bouncing back stronger (often with coffee in hand). Writing
Plan Your Summer Writing with CSU Writes Writing Retreats
If you want to continue and/or gain momentum on your writing projects this summer, pencil in some dedicated work time by signing up for CSU Writes Summer writing retreats. We are hosting a series of retreats from mid-May through June for Faculty, Postdoc, Graduate Student, and Early-Career writers. Registration is
We are proud to recognize writers who have participated in CSU Writes and whose writing has been published, funded, or recognized with an award or distinction.
Dr. Hayley Benham, Biomedical Sciences
CSU Writes and Dr. Quynn were invaluable in helping me develop writing habits and organizational skills that allowed me to complete my dissertation. Dr. Quynn immediately recognized the contributing sources
Dr. Hua Chen, Physics
Last fall, Assistant Professor Hua Chen received a three-year, $450,000 Early Career award from the National Science Foundation to support his theoretical work on Novel Electronic and Magnetic Dynamics and Responses in Non-collinear Magnetic Materials. Dr. Chen is inherently fascinated by the
We recognize great research is great writing.
To add your, your colleague’s, or your student’s story to CSU Writes’ ACCOLADES page complete the form below or email CSU Writes at [email protected].