Virtual Blooming: A Nature Writing Workshop

The fees from ABC’s adult writing workshops subsidize our free writing programs for kids, whose work is collected in a yearly anthology, and pay our adult workshop instructors. A limited number of seats in each class are reserved for scholarships, which cover 100% of tuition-fees and are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. All are welcome, and we especially encourage BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ writers to apply.

To enhance the nature-writing experience, participants will receive a special workshop kit including Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a waterproof, tear-proof notebook by Field Notes, and more.

This class is both interactive and active and will include reading, research, observation, writing, and contemplation of questions such as: How do I interact with the natural world around me? Who is Indigenous to this land and is that reflected in the way my town/city is organized? How can I honor and protect the flora, fauna, and original people of the place I call home? What does it mean for humans and nature to coexist in a responsible, loving, and equitable manner? And how do we make the outdoors a place of true belonging?

This course is open to all writers of any genre who are interested in writing about nature. Prior workshop experience is not necessary, but all members of the class must come to each session prepared to discuss the readings, willing to share their own writing and fieldwork, and be generous in their responses to their peers’ work.