R. Flowers Rivera is a Mississippi native with a Ph.D. in African American literature and creative writing from Binghamton University. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Georgia and holds an MA from Hollins University , in addition to an MS from Georgia State University.
Her short story, "The Iron Bars," won the 1999 Peregrine Prize. She is a 2002 finalist for the Naomi Long Madgett Award for Poetry, and she received two nominations for Pushcart XXVII. She was also a 2001 finalist for the May Swenson Award for Poetry and the Journal Award in Poetry. Her work will be anthologized in New Sister Voices (Allison Joseph, ed.) and Mischief, Caprice & Other Poetic Strategies (Terry Wolverton, ed.). She teaches in the Evening Program at Christian Brothers University.




