Are you a creative person who loves to write? We are looking for students in grades 8-12 to share their opinions and experiences on various topics that matter to youth through engaging and authentic blog posts.

Your role and responsibility are to:

• Write blog posts that are personal and authentic, reflecting your opinions and experience, but relevant to other students as well

• Create original content in liaison with our publisher and editor

• Write and edit concisely for clarity and accuracy

• Share the blog using your own personal social media accounts

• Suggest keywords for your post

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• You are insightful, creative, and love to inspire others

• You possess excellent communication and written English skills, including grammar and spelling

• You pay attention to detail

• You have exceptional organizational skills

• You can commit to deadlines

• Experience in WordPress is an asset

Posts on our blog must fit one of the following categories:

• Books & Movies: Book reviews or recommendations

• Creative Writing: Blog posts that have to do with creative writing, whether it’s tips or inspirational

• Flashback: An experience or personal life event that made an impact on you

• Fresh: A new and different perspective when looking at any given topic

• View: Reflections on your personal points of view, opinion, and experiences

You can earn up to 5 volunteer hours per blog – this includes the writing deadline and any required revisions while working with our publisher and editor to finalize your piece.

Ripple Foundation reserves the right not to publish any content that does not meet its required criteria.