Winners, recordings and texts of poems
The judges for the 34th Competition, held in 2023, were:
- Iris Dan – the 2022 First Prize winner.
- David Silverman – the 2022 Second Prize winner.
- Yvonne O’Connor – our International Judge for 2023, replacing Nancy Shiffrin who regretfully had to withdraw halfway through the judging process.
First prize: Dina Yehuda (Israel): Sabras. Use the audio bar below to hear a recording of Dina reading her poem.
Second prize: Judy Koren, (Israel) The Creator of Memories. Use the audio bar below to hear a recording of Judy reading her poem.
Third prize: Michelle Malis, (Israel): on love.
Honourable Mentions (in alphabetical order of poem title):
Casa Bianca Mikveh Speaks, by Diane Ray (USA)
Catalyctic, by Elana Wolff (Israel/Canada)
Eggs and Onions, by Wendy Dickstein (Israel)
Quantum Entanglement, by Mark G Hammerschick (USA)
The Bomb Shelter, by Helen Bar-Lev (Israel)
The Drummer, by Judy Isenberg (Israel)
The Light You Wear, by Adam Paul Davis (USA)
The Wish, by Esther B Lipton (England)
This Poem Is Innocent, by Reuven Goldfarb (Israel)
Ultimately, It Wasn’t the Paint Color That Did Us In, by Elisa Subin (Israel)
To read and download the texts of the three winning poems and the ten that gained Honourable Mention click here (PDF file).
Voices Israel Group of Poets in English 