2012 Reuben Rose Competition

Winners, and texts of poems

The judges for the 23rd Competition, held in 2012 were:

• Ken Salzmann, USA
• Yaakov Azriel, Israel
• Dina Yehuda, Israel

First prize: Violet Samir – A short history of everything sexual
Second prize: Claire Kirwan, UK – Before the Flood
Third prize: Johnmichael Simon, Israel – The conversion of Inigo Montoya

Honorable mentions in random order:
Claire Kirwan, UK – Ovens
Marc Radzyner, Israel – The Passing
Seree Cohen Zohar, Israel –  Twin sister
Joel Moskowitz, USA –  Julius Buchwald
Violet Samir, Israel – Star
Joel Moskowitz, USA –  Days of Awe
Judy Belsky, Israel –  On the stone we dedicate to fear
Steven Sher, Israel – Bus 148 to Ariel
Patricia Har-Even, Israel – Getting In
Johnmichael Simon, Israel – My poem is a dog

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