The pandemic has gone on so long, it spawned an entire online university—one that offers masterclasses on writing, podcasting, photography, reporting, and other literary topics.

From May 11 through May 25, Pandemic University is offering an entirely free series of classes for writers looking to sharpen their skills in evoking the natural world.

From poetry to reporting to pitching articles to journals, "Writing is Your Nature" features six notable conservationists and journalists, each hosting 60-minute classes that provide the writer with the skills needed to produce gripping content that speaks the language of the natural world in elegant and understandable ways.

The live masterclasses are replayable and hosted on Zoom, and will include content for both professionals and beginners—with ample time for questions at the end of each session. Along with blending scientific accuracy and readability into prose, they'll also cover writing in the environmental or conservation field as a career.

Freelance writer Sarah Gilman's course, for example, will help you reach audiences and sustain your own writing career in the current media environment, while bestselling author Chris Turner will offer advice on how to "toe the line between reporter and advocate."

Writing is Your Nature is sponsored by the Canadian-US conservation non-profit Yellowstone to Yukon, which looks to guarantee better protection of the lands in and between these two great wildernesses.

With the pandemic winding down in the United States, one only has so much time left to sit in one's house attending Zoom calls, and if you have May to spare and you're interested in improving your nature-oriented writing skills, this is a great way to do so.

You can find the information for signing up entirely for free, here.

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