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This study aims at employing e-feedback to promote level-one English as a foreign language (EFL) university students' writing skills. This e-feedback is provided via the word processor and email to develop motivated students who possess effective writing skills as well as strategies for planning, drafting, editing, and revising. The participants were 64 EFL students enrolled in level one at College of Languages and Translation, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) during the first semester of the academic year 1437-1438 H. Two intact classes were randomly selected for the study. One class representing the experimental group was taught by the researcher through a teaching strategy based on e-feedback. The other class receiving regular feedback on their writing by another instructor represented the control group. A pre-post test was employed to measure the experimental group and control group students' performance in writing before and after the treatment. Results showed that the experimental group students outperformed the control group students on the post-test in overall performance in writing as well as in each writing skill. Furthermore, the experimental group students achieved tangible progress in their overall performance in writing after the implementation of the proposed strategy as compared to their performance before the treatment. A significant conclusion is that providing effective e-feedback can provide a solid foundation for the successful teaching and learning of writing. (Published Abstract)