Photograph by Kate Adair
Nicole M. K. Eiden
Nicole is a New Orleans-based poet and screenwriter. She is the winner of the 2023 LMNL Poetry Broadside Contest for her poem "The Bridge." In 2021, her poem "Embodiment" was selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil as a co-runner-up in the Words and Music Writing Contest. Her poem "Mortgage" appeared in New Poetry from the Midwest (New American Press, 2019) and earned third place in the 2016 Women’s National Book Association Writing Contest. Kirkus Reviews featured her debut poetry collection, I Am One of You (Mississippi Sound Publishing, 2016), in their Indie category.
Her films have won honors including a CINE Golden Eagle Award and Best Narrative Short at the Ozone Film Festival. She holds an MFA from the University of New Orleans in Film Production.
Originally from Ohio, Nicole has made New Orleans home for over twenty-five years. She lives in an old shotgun house with her husband and daughter.
Awards
2023 LMNL Poetry Broadside Contest winner for “The Bridge”
Co-runner-up for “Embodiment”
Words and Music Writing Contest, 2021
selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
3rd place for “Mortgage"
Women’s National Book Association Writing Contest, 2016
La Cuoca (The Cook)
CINE Golden Eagle Award
Neil and the Nun -
Silver Award - Pelican d’Or Short Film Festival
Best Narrative Short - Ozone Film Festival
Honorable Mention - 52nd Columbus International Film Festival
Publisher
Mississippi Sound Publishing
Grants
Woman Entrepreneur Fellowship Award
Creative Capital Professional Development
Louisiana Division of the Arts
Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation