Winners, and texts of poems
The judge for the 18th Competition, held in 2007, was Doug Holder, Boston USA
1st. Prize: Zvi A. Sesling, USA – Fish Eye
2nd. Prize: Celia Merlin, Israel – Paris Unsaid
3rd. Prize: Reuven Goldfarb, Israel – 72 VIRGINS
4th. Prize: Wendy Blumfield, Israel – Passions
Honourable Mentions
Donna Bechar, Israel – My Father’s Ankles
Helen Bar-Lev, Israel – Two Zinnias
David Silverman, Illinois, US A – Some Things You Just Have to Learn For Yourself
Rena Navon, Israel – Big Green Garden
Ben Wilensky, Israel – Rise Up My Cowardly Dick
Rena Navon, Israel – Counting
Elisheva Gal, Israel – Little Departures
Rena Navon, Israel – The Chilled Tree
Rena Navon, Israel – The Bone
To read and download the texts of the four prize-winning poems, click here (PDF file). Regretfully we do not have e-texts of the Commended and Highly Commended poems.
Voices Israel Group of Poets in English 