November is Academic Writing Month, an academic write-a-thon that happens every year, inspired by NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) but catering to the specific needs of academic writers. Originally hosted by ‘PhD2Published’, the global academic community has now taken up the annual challenge to support each other to pledge their writing projects, record progress, and share thousands of writing tips via the #AcWriMo hashtag on X (formerly Twitter).
We will be joining the University of Sheffield WriteFest (#AcWriFest24) initiative, with the aim of bringing together people from across the university to recognise and celebrate academic writing. During WriteFest there will be academic writing retreats online and on campus and we’ll be highlighting a range of resources and workshops related to writing and publishing.
The festival aims to provide protected time and space for writing to help you to:
| HABITS develop good writing practices and strategies |
</BLOCKS> overcome blocks, proactive approach |
PROTECT academic writing as part of the working day |
SOCIAL spend some time out writing with others |
How to get involved:
- Look through the WriteFest 2024 intro slides.
- Take advantage of the WriteFest resources that have been curated by us and others.
- Book on Sheffield Hallam WriteFest 2024 Events.
- Use the hashtag #AcWriFest24 to share your progress with other researchers and the Academic Writing Month hashtag #AcWriMo to get some inspiration from Academic Writing Month overall.