Allied Works

Kantata ni Melodia saka ni Maria original movie theme song, Ang Lihim ni Maria Makinang by Gian Arre, CineSilip Film Festival, 2025, as lyricist

Ang Lihim ni Mariang Makinang by Gian Arre, for CineSilip Film Festival, as a cast member playing the role of Melodia, 2025

Si Asela sagkod si Takurering storybook by Irmina Volante Torres, 2025, as translator

Dawani Magazine by Sumaro Bikolnon Vols. 1&2, 2024 & 2025, as editor

I am Woman Death monologue, Pista nin Teatrong Bikolnon, 2023, as playwright, actor & director

Paradangin (translation of Bayani short story by U.Z. Eliserio), 2021, as translator

Batlay sa Pagkaaga/A Walk toward the Light by Madol Lopez Avila, 2021, as translator & editor

Eilyn Nidea

Eilyn Lamadrid Nidea is a published author, editor, and translator. She is also an actor on stage and in indie films. She is a co-founder and artistic director of Teatro Ragayano, and a member of Parasurat Bikolnon, Baruknitan Creatives, Partido Artists Group, and Sumaro Bikolnon. She is a language consultant of iLab ARAL, Inc., and a collaborator of Let’s Read Asia digital library. She teaches English and literature subjects at Ragay NAtional Agricultural and Fisheries School (RNAFS) in Liboro, Ragay, Camarines Sur.

Awards

2009 Premio Tomas Arejola sa Literaturang Bikolnon (PTALB) first place in essay, Buhay-Riles

2020 Gawad Obrang Literaturang Bikolnon (GOLB) in dula, Tagubhang sa Daghan

Puno ng Paghilom, ReadEx Pick in Chapter Book Category for Grades 7-8 in Gawad Teodora Alonso National Storybook Competition 2025 (with Illustrator Rita C. Limjoco)

Puno ng Paghilom, Finalist in Chapter Book Category for Grades 7-8 in Gawad Teodora Alonso National Storybook Competition 2025
Fellowships

Gemino H. Abad Workshop for Teachers on Teaching Creative Writing, 2021
3rd Saling Panitik Bienvenido Lumbera Translation Workshop, 2022
Gemino H. Abad Seminar-Workshop on Teaching Literature, 2018
Palihang Rogelio Sicat, 2021
Juliana Arejola – Fajardo Workshop para sa Literaturang Bikol 2009

Literary Works

Puno ng Paghilom chapbook, Gawad Teodora Alonso 2025
Pangaturogan poetry chapbook, 2020
Buhay-Riles CNF, Dateline Ibalon online magazine, 2024
Halalan sa Gitna ng Pandemya CNF, DX Machina 5, 2022
Biyahe, tanaga sa pandemya, Pitong Pintig, Pantig at Pagitan, 2021
Lipad ng Kamalayan, Hinabing Alaala, & Love Beyond Measure poetry, CCP Ani 41, 2021

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