2013 Reuben Rose Competition

Winners, and texts of poems

The judges for the 24th Competition, held in 2013 were:

• Ellaraine Lockie, USA
• Amiel Schotz, Israel
• Rochelle Mass, Israel

1st prize: Miriam Green – Questions my Mother Asked, Answers my Father Gave Her
2nd prize: Art Heifetz – Yungay
3rd prize: Jan Fitzgerald – Mike

Honorable mentions in random order:
Niki Nymark – When They Ask Us
Dina Yehuda – Joseph’s Coat
Yakov Azriel – Yiddish
Joel Moskowitz – The Binding
David Silverman – A Soldier Learns to Sleep
Johnmichael Simon – Border Blue
Rachael Clyne – Sanction
Breindel Lieba Kasher – Budapest and Beyond
Irene Bloom – The Carrier
Bernard Mann –   The Passing of That Night
Jennifer Lagier – Fifties Flashback
Judy Kronenfeld – Ten Minutes

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