CSU Writes
is a writing facilitation program designed for CSU’s professional researchers and academic writers who are interested in boosting their productivity as they develop a sustainable writing practice.

CSU Writes primarily serves faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students who write for publication, submission, and/or degree completion.
Upcoming Events
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.
Writing Support
Regular drop-in writing sessions for all CSU research writers.
Dedicated writing accountability groups for faculty and grad students.
What Writers Say






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CSU Writes Supports Innovation

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

Andee Kaplan, NSF CAREER Awardee, Shares a Map for Grant-Writing Success
Grant writing excellence begins in a place few researchers expect—and many try to avoid—the realm of bad ideas and feelings of going nowhere. Dr. Andee Kaplan, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at CSU, shares her map through the messy middle of proposal writing. Through her recent accomplishments,
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.

Josh Hewitt, Statistics
Josh (and coauthors) was awarded the 2018 Wiley-The International Environmetrics Society Best Environmetrics Paper Award for the paper “Remote effects spatial process models for modeling teleconnections”. Josh participated in a CSU Writes manuscript editing group, Spring 2018.
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].