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Episode Synopsis
Where Are They Now? is a new series spotlighting former participants and judges of the International Colorism Healing Writing Contest. In this first episode, I interview Bobbi Simmons, a former contestant and currently a judge for 2021.
You can show support for the CHWC by visiting https://www.patreon.com/colorismhealing and signing up to become a member. One of the membership perks includes joining the live recording of the Where Are They Now? series.
To learn more about the contest or to submit your writing, go to https://colorismhealing.com/colorism-healing-writing-contest/.
Bobbi J. Simmons is a poet, writer and author of the new novel, Birdwild. Birdwild is her first novel in a series of follow-up books. As a veteran educator she holds an Ed. S. degree in Educational Leadership. Bobbi has spent the past two and a half decades teaching the various genres of reading and writing. Her writing is the therapeutic method she uses in order to write passionately about fictional and non-fictional scenarios. Bobbi’s insatiable appetite for writing gives her writing a profound spark of high energy. She was the 2018 Colorism Healing Poetry Contest editor’s pick winner for her poem about the essence of natural hair called, “Black Cotton.” Two of her pieces were featured in the 2020 Colorism Healing Writing Contest. She is the founder and creator of the writing group, “Free to Be Penned Up,” a charted writing club for young future authors and artists passionate about their work. Since it’s conception the club has aspired and propelled several writers and artist to the next level as winners of various local, state and national contests. Bobbi recently retired and devotes her new found time to writing from the comfort of her home, and communing with the exquisiteness of nature in her flower and vegetable gardens. She spends her free time traveling the world with her amazingly handsome husband, Thomas. They are both jazz enthusiasts and adventurists. One of their most memorable and thrilling escapades was the zip line ride in Labadee, Haiti.
You can show support for the CHWC by visiting https://www.patreon.com/colorismhealing and signing up to become a member. One of the membership perks includes joining the live recording of the Where Are They Now? series.
To learn more about the contest or to submit your writing, go to https://colorismhealing.com/colorism-healing-writing-contest/.
Bobbi J. Simmons is a poet, writer and author of the new novel, Birdwild. Birdwild is her first novel in a series of follow-up books. As a veteran educator she holds an Ed. S. degree in Educational Leadership. Bobbi has spent the past two and a half decades teaching the various genres of reading and writing. Her writing is the therapeutic method she uses in order to write passionately about fictional and non-fictional scenarios. Bobbi’s insatiable appetite for writing gives her writing a profound spark of high energy. She was the 2018 Colorism Healing Poetry Contest editor’s pick winner for her poem about the essence of natural hair called, “Black Cotton.” Two of her pieces were featured in the 2020 Colorism Healing Writing Contest. She is the founder and creator of the writing group, “Free to Be Penned Up,” a charted writing club for young future authors and artists passionate about their work. Since it’s conception the club has aspired and propelled several writers and artist to the next level as winners of various local, state and national contests. Bobbi recently retired and devotes her new found time to writing from the comfort of her home, and communing with the exquisiteness of nature in her flower and vegetable gardens. She spends her free time traveling the world with her amazingly handsome husband, Thomas. They are both jazz enthusiasts and adventurists. One of their most memorable and thrilling escapades was the zip line ride in Labadee, Haiti.
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