AUSA Offers New Workshop for Defense Writers
AUSA Offers New Workshop for Defense Writers

Registration is open for a new writing workshop hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army.
“Writing Workshop: Powerful Prose” will take place on Jan. 28 at AUSA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. With the support of Army Training and Doctrine Command, Army University Press and the Harding Project, this one-day, in-person event is an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to contribute to the revitalization and renewal of writing and scholarship across the Army.
The event will run from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and feature opening remarks by Gen. Gary Brito, commander of Army Training and Doctrine Command, and a keynote address from Joe Byerly, founder of From the Green Notebook.
There also will be a conversation with retired Lt. Gen. Jim Dubik, an AUSA senior fellow and the namesake of the LTG (Ret) James M. Dubik Writing Fellows Program, a nonresident writing fellowship that aims to encourage professional writing across the Army.
Workshop participants also will listen to, speak with and learn from a panel of experts who will provide practical advice on advancing scholarship in articles, magazines, journals and books, and how to communicate more clearly and effectively through writing.
Attendees also are encouraged to bring an outline or first draft of a publishing project.
For more information or to register, click here.
The Army’s Harding Project is an Army chief of staff initiative that aims to revitalize scholarship and writing across the force. It is part of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George’s focus on strengthening the profession. “We’re professionals,” George said shortly before he was sworn in as the 41st Army chief of staff in September 2023. “That’s a foundation for everything else that we have to do.”
The Harding Project is a key part of George’s push to rekindle “professional discourse” in the Army. “Social media is part of our fabric now, but I want the professional discourse for us to happen with professional writing,” he said.