Faculty Writing Retreats
The Faculty Writing Retreat is a semester long faculty community devoted to promoting collegiality to support faculty writing productivity. These regularly scheduled writing blocks increase productivity and publishing rates for participating faculty members.
Faculty writing retreats provide a supportive, dedicated space to help you meet your writing goals for the semester. Begin new projects, revise and resubmit, polish your book proposal, complete your final edits, and connect and collaborate with other scholars across the university.
Participants will have the opportunity to set specific, attainable writing goals each session and debrief their progress with fellow writers. Participants are welcome to come and go from the writing space as needed or desired. Lunch and coffee will be provided for participants, and sessions will feature lunch conversations centered on tools and strategies to build and sustain your writing practice.
Goals
Participants in Faculty Writing Retreats will:
- Advance faculty scholarly productivity by providing dedicated time and space for writing.
- Foster cross-college collegiality and opportunities for collaboration, by building community through lunch conversations.
- Increase faculty awareness of the tools and strategies available to build a sustained writing practice.
Spring 2026 Session Schedule
This community meets from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
| Date | Topic |
| Wednesday, January 21 | Designing Your Writing Plan |
| Thursday, January 22 | Advancing Your Argument |
| Monday, February 9 | Refining Your Works Cited |
| Tuesday, February 10 | Crafting Your Claims for Significance |
| Wednesday, March 11 | Analyzing Your Evidence |
| Thursday, March 12 | Presenting Your Evidence |
| Friday, April 17 | Strengthening Your Structure |
| Wednesday, April 29 | Sending Your Article! |
How to Join
The Wednesday Faculty Writing Circle accepts participants at the beginning of each semester. Calls will be put out on the FCTL blog and social medias when sign-ups for this and other FLCs are open. MSU faculty interested in joining the group must check these locations for updates, or contact the FCTL at the beginning of a semester to inquire about available slots. When sign-ups are open, faculty may do so through My Learning Connection.
Related Opportunities
Attend the Semi-Annual Faculty Writing Summit
The Semi-Annual Writing Summit is an immersive, focused event designed to support faculty in advancing their writing projects. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in a structured yet flexible environment that promotes productivity, creativity, and collaboration.
The retreat provides dedicated time and space for individuals to work on scholarly articles, research papers, books, and other writing-related projects, while receiving valuable feedback from peers, leaders, and mentors. By the end of the retreat, participants are expected to have made significant progress on their writing projects, gained new insights into their work through peer feedback, and developed a clear plan for continuing their writing post-retreat.
This retreat is held off-campus, and a workshop fee will apply. Faculty may use their non-credit fee waiver toward this workshop fee. Travel expenses will be the responsibility of the faculty or their academic department.
Join the Community in Viva Engage
If you've never accessed Viva Engage here at MSU before, you'll need to do so before you can be added to the community. Find instructions to do so here. After you sign in, email NicoleWest@MissouriState.edu to be added.
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