Nylda Dieppa

Nylda Dieppa is the author of Alborada: A Poetic Memoir Across Cultures, an autobiographical collection of narrative and lyrical poems crafted throughout her life. It won a Royal Palm Award from the Florida Writers Association in 2015. The second, enhanced edition was published in 2023 as Alborada (Dawn): A Cross-Cultural Memoir in Poetry. It received an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award in the One Author – English category. She did the original pastel drawing for the cover of the first edition of Alborada and has degrees in philosophy, fashion design, and pastoral ministry.
Nylda’s work has been published in Cadence, "Of Poets & Poetry,"  “Somos en Escrito,” “La Respuesta,” and “America” magazines. She has read her work at various venues including the American University of Paris, the Polasek Museum in Winter Park, and Timucua Arts in Orlando, Florida. She has also performed at Medgar Evers College, Cornelia Street Café, and The Ear Club in New York City as well as Casa Aboy and Poet’s Passage in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
A member of the Florida State Poets Association, Florida Writers Association (FWA), Comadres para las Américas, and International Society of Latino Authors, Nylda serves as Vice-president of the Orlando Area Poets group as well as on the board of the Florida Writers Foundation (FWF) as its Vice-president. She led the Maitland Writers Group, affiliated with FWA, for nine years and published its monthly newsletter. She is a judge for FWA’s Silver Palms Award literary contest, and others. Nylda publishes her newsletter “Word Sketches” and FWF’s “Sunshine State Literacy Spotlight” and speaks about various topics to interested groups. She coaches general population writers, people of color, and members of marginalized communities at Word Sketches Book Coaching, available through her website www.NyldaDieppa.com.