14-Day Writing Challenge

Fairfield University is partnering with the NCFDD to host a private 14-Day Writing Challenge, running from June 22 - July 5. This is an open and free 14-day challenge exclusive to our faculty, graduates/postdocs and staff to help create more on-campus community alongside providing accountability and support in building consistent and sustainable progress on your research and scholarly projects.

Why join the 14-Day Writing Challenge?

The challenge gives you an opportunity to reconnect with your writing projects every weekday and build a consistent habit-making progress feels more achievable with just 30 minutes of daily writing. This framework will help you stay focused and make significant headway on your manuscript, research paper, thesis, or any scholarly work.

This challenge is open to all scholars and supports a variety of scholarly tasks, including:

Journal articles

Conference papers

Proposal statements

Manuscripts

Freewriting, outlining, editing, and revising

Any other scholarly project that would benefit from consistent daily progress and community accountability.

How does it work?

1.      Commit to writing for at least 30 minutes Monday-Friday for two weeks.

2.      Log in to the WriteNow online community, start the timer, complete your writing, and post your progress.

3.      Spend 5 minutes supporting other writers by commenting on their progress.

Writing isn’t just about putting words on paper—it’s about advancing your scholarly work in any form, from brainstorming new ideas to polishing a near-final draft. Past participants wrote an average of 350 minutes over the two weeks, and 98% found the challenge helpful in making progress on their work. 

Don’t miss this chance to cultivate a productive writing routine and enjoy the process!

Sign up for the free 14-Day Writing Challenge today! https://members.ncfdd.org/sessions/jun2026fairfield14daychallenge