Writing Support Program

Build a Sustainable Writing Practice.

Fall 2026 CFDE Writing Support Program

Recommit to your writing in the new academic year. Join with your colleagues and recharge your productivity.

The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence invites all faculty to participate in a Fall 2026 semester-long program of remote and in-person writing support. Registrants may choose among three options:

  1. Writing Discussion Groups – participants read and discuss one another’s work, via Zoom or in-person
  2. Writing Time Together Groups – participants gather in-person for writing time together
  3. Sit Down and Write with the CFDE – once a week writing accountability on Fridays 11am – noon via Zoom.

The writing groups will convene in September 2026 and conclude the first week of December.

Deadline to Register: Friday, August 28, 2026

Register for writing support: Fall 2026 CFDE Writing Support Program - Fill out form

The CFDE Faculty Writing Room

The CFDE Faculty Writing Room inside Suite 216 of Woodruff Library is dedicated gathering space on campus for writing groups and any faculty member who might just need a quiet place to sit and focus.

  • Comfortable chairs
  • Good lighting
  • Table for groups
  • Tea, coffee, and snacks station
  • White noise machine 

The Faculty Writing Room is available on reserve for all CFDE organized writing groups, and available to all faculty writers at other times, during business hours

More About Writing Groups

 A writing group can offer support, accountability, structure, and camaraderie for faculty in terms of both the process and the product, for writing across the range of types, lengths, stages of development, and goals. It can supply a welcome antidote to the professional isolation that often comes with the task of writing and, if desired, provide a source for constructive critical feedback on work in progress. Any writing project, whether it's a book, a journal article, or a grant, can benefit from a writing group. 

The CFDE serves as scheduler and convener, provides support, and sends reminders and online group prompts. The CFDE also sets up email lists for each group to facilitate planning and communication between group meetings. 

For more information, contact Kelly Williams, Director of Research and Scholarly Writing (kelly.williams2@emory.edu).

For more information, contact Allison Adams.