Flower Conroy’s poetry has appeared in American Literary Review, Poydras Review, Menacing Hedge, and other journals. Her first chapbook, “Escape to Nowhere” was selected as first runner up in the Ronald Wardall Poetry Prize, and was published by Rain Mountain Press (New York). Her second chapbook, “Controlled Burn,” was first runner up in the Robin Becker Poetry Contest and is forthcoming from Seven Kitchens Press. She is earning an MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She currently lives in Key West.