Reuben Rose Winning Poems 2020
Results of the 2020 Reuben Rose Poetry Competition
Judges:
- Kay Kim Richards of California, USA - award-winning poet: our overseas judge
- Miriam Webber of Israel, last year's Reuben Rose second prize winner.
- David Silverman of Illinois, USA, one of last year's Reuben Rose Honorable Mention winners.
First prize - Ricky Rapoport Friesem, Israel: David's Shield - to hear a recording of Ricky reading her poem, click here.
Second prize - Jane Seitel (USA): Lantern Fish - to hear a recording of Jane reading her poem, click here.
Third prize - Esther B. Lipton (UK): The Burden of Memory.
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order of poem title)
Acceptance Speech - by Anne McCrady, USA
Babushkas - by Johnmichael Simon, Israel
Blind - by Haya Onallah, Israel
Gates - by Susan B. Olsburgh, Israel
Now that you’re here - Immanuel Suttner, Australia
Pictures from an Exhibition - by Iris Dan, Israel
Silent Night, Revisited - John Cecil Dendy, USA
The Color Jew - by Sarah Sassoon, Israel
The Mist - by Amiel Schotz, Israel
Walks Along Oirase Gorge - by Mervyn R. Seivwright, USA
To read and download the texts of the three winning poems and the ten that gained Honourable Mention click here (PDF file).