Writing Workshops for Students
6 skills-based workshops to hone your environmental writing and communication skills
The Bluedot Institute is offering six workshops in the 2025-26 academic year, starting in September 2025. Hone your skills in your favourite genre, or expand your repertoire with our six workshops. Take one or take them all!
When you join our writing workshops for high school students, you’ll:
- learn new genres and writing skills
- have your work edited by a professional editor
- and have a chance to publish your article
Following each workshop, students will have the opportunity to submit one piece of writing to polish for publication on the Bluedot Institute Student Voices website with support from the Bluedot Institute website senior editor.
Writing Workshop Schedule
We meet on the First Wednesday of the month. Click on the session time to register.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Personal Narratives/Essays
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Interviews
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Calls to Action
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Pitch Party!
Have a story idea? Come tell us what you want to write about (whales? batteries? fast fashion? a local hero?) and we’ll help you refine your idea and how to approach writing about it.
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Poetic Planet
Harness your words and marshal your environmental message into explosive poems and powerful spoken word pieces. Berets not required.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Pitch Party, Redux!
What’s on your mind now? Solar panels? Plastic pollution? Algae? Redlining? Bring your best story ideas and we’ll help you figure out how to approach the story and how to get started.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Speak Up for Climate
A moving speech can change the course of history. Find out what makes the best speeches work and get the skills to stand up and be heard.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Hot Take
You have opinions, we know you do, whether it’s about an environmental issue or piece of news. Learn how to write an Op-Ed to share your informed personal opinion and give readers a new perspective.
Students will have a two-week window following each workshop when they may submit their work for editing and consideration for publication.
The primary course instructors are Liann Bobechko and Sarah Ream, with organizational support from Leigh Anne Neal.
Questions About the Program? Send us a note!