LGBTQ+ writer, NEA and MacDowell Fellow, and former Key West Poet Laureate, Flower Conroy’s the author of “Snake Breaking Medusa Disorder” (winner of the Stevens Manuscript contest, NFSPS), “A Sentimental Hairpin" (Tolsun Books), “Greenest Grass” (winner of the Blue Lynx Poetry prize, Lynx House Press) and “Zoodikers: A Bestiary” (winner of the Richard Mathews Prize, University of Tampa Press); as well as having co-authored “And Scuttle My Balloon” with Donna Spruijt-Metz. Currently Conroy’s working on a series of Ephemeral Altars that celebrate poetry collections through assemblage art (which can be found on social media).