2011 Reuben Rose Competition

Winners, and texts of poems

The judge for the 22nd Competition, held in 2011 was Esther Cameron, USA.

1st Prize: Yakov Azriel – Pardes
2nd Prize: Judith R. Robinson – I Apologize
3rd Prize: Dina Yehuda – Bombing in Jerusalem

Honorable Mentions

1st – Yakov Azriel – In the Footsteps of Seven Beggars
2nd – Johnmichael Simon – Moon Over Tishrei
3rd – Helen Bar-Lev – Nahal Alexander
4th – Zvi A. Sesling – Road in the Jezreel Valley
5th – Ricky Rapoport Friesem – The Scarf I Didn’t Buy
6th – David Silverman – What I Dreamed on the Night I Heard You Were Dead
7th – Gretti Izak – rooted on that day
8th – Thilde Fox – Lullaby
9th – Andrea Moriah – Hungary, March 15th, 1944 (4 Days Before the Nazi Invasion)
10th – Anne Ranasinghe – And Sometimes, Too, The Moon
11th – Thilde Fox – Honi Ha’Me’Aggel
12th – Johnmichael Simon – Heart
13th – Kaila Shabat – The Structure of the Whole
14th – Anne Ranasinghe – With Words
15th – Miriam Green – Ima Forferet (Peg Top Mom)
16th – Joanna Chen – The Cleft in the Rock
17th – David Silverman – Love is Stronger Than Death

To read and download the texts of the poems, click here (PDF file)