 In 2002, "Distintos Modos de Cavar un Túnel", the first book in the trilogy, won the Julián del Casals prize awarded by Cuba’s national union of artists and writers

In 1998, Flores founded Zona Franca, an alternative writer’s collective based in Alamar, with other artists.Later, they merged with a visual arts group called OMNI.Together they founded a progressive, collaborative project named OMNI-Zona Franca.