Writing Retreats
Sometimes, faculty writers need to get away from the distractions of email, campus meetings, family, or even just the temptation to clean house. If you need some time to focus in on a project, then one of the UWP Faculty/Staff Writing Retreats might be just the thing! The UWP supports ECU faculty and staff as writers with low-cost writing retreats. Our retreats provide much-needed time and space away from the distractions of the office to work on individual and/or group writing projects.
Currently, the UWP sponsors a spring writing retreat each year during the first part of spring break, but we’re also happy to design writing retreats for faculty and staff groups at other times of the year.
If you’re interested in participating in our ongoing spring retreat, we send a notice each January to various campus list-servs to solicit applications. If you would like to be added to our list of faculty to contact, or if you would like to speak with us about designing or coordinating a writing retreat for a group of faculty or staff, please fill out the form below to let us know of your interest and how we might help you.
Since spring 2016, the Faculty Writing Retreat has been offering low-cost getaways that provide time for faculty from across the disciplines to dig into their own writing projects over ECU’s Spring Break. Faculty have the option of staying 2 or 3 nights at the Trinity Center in Salter Path, NC (near Atlantic Beach). The UWP pays ½ the cost, and each person is responsible for securing matching funding. The remaining money can come from a writer’s department/college, or participants can pay for it themselves. While the UWP does not provide transportation, we do help organize carpooling for those who are interested.
Under the canopy of the maritime forest, the casual setting of the Trinity Center provides rooming, meals, snacks, and an oceanfront writing space.While participants determine how they spend their writing time, the UWP provides guidance on setting writing goals and developing a writing plan along with opportunities for thinking and feedback partners.This retreat is a great way to assure you will get ahead over the break while not having to worry about cooking, cleaning, and other distractions.
Explore the Trinity Center
Salter Path, NC is full of the natural beauty of the NC oceanfront, where your writing break is just steps away from a walk on the beach.
The Trinity Center boasts a lovely beachfront house, where we explore writing and research in a collaborative setting specifically coordinated to help you find a peaceful space to write without distractions.
Participants are free to find their own writing spaces, in or outside, where the calming ocean waves can be heard.
Cozy accommodations, evening relaxation, and energetic collaboration await at the UWP’s Writing Retreat.
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