Francine Witte is an award-winning poet, flash fiction writer, and playwright. She is the author of 12 books of poetry and flashfiction and her work has appeared in numerous journals andanthologies. She is a native New Yorker and attends and producespoetry events in the vibrant NYC scene. She is the co-host andco-curator of the online reading, The Prose Garden. She is theflash fiction editor for FLASH BOULEVARD and South FloridaPoetry Journal. A former high school English teacher, she nowleads writing prompt sessions on zoom. Witte holds an MFA inCreative Writing/Poetry from Vermont College and an MA fromSUNY Binghamton. Visit her website at francinewitte.com.