submissions. • Conference papers represented a writing activity the members engaged in, mostly outside the live writing sessions. • Participants noted that they worked on other writing products as well outside the writing sessions. All respondents indicated that the community writing sessions were of benefit to completing thescholarly products noted above. The writing sessions were viewed as a community comingtogether and was meaningful beyond the writing accomplishments during the sessions.Cohort Member Reflections and Lessons LearnedWriting for Academic Job ApplicationsThe following represents reflections and lessons learned from a cohort participant whoparticipated in the academic job application portfolio preparation