2014 Reuben Rose Competition

Winners, and texts of poems

The judges for the 25th Competition, held in 2014 were:

• Willa Schneberg, USA: this year’s International Judge
• Miriam Green, Israel – last year’s First Prize winner
• Breindel Lieba Kasher, Israel – one of last year’s Honourable Mention winners

1st prize – Elizabeth Claverie – “Valparaíso and Neruda”
2nd prize – Bill Freedman – “What’s Played”
3rd prize – Gretti Izak – “on the bend of a rainbow”

Honorable mentions in random order:
David Silverman – “Midnight Cowboy“
Celia Merlin – “Ozymandias Revisited“
Meir Weksler – “Infinities“
Rochelle Mass – “Once Upon a Time“
Johnmichael Simon – “Books I Never Opened“
Judith R. Robinson – “Desperados“
Richard Shavei-Tzion – “Hula Valley“
Steven Sher – “Hoodie“
Yehudit Goldfarb – “Sparks of Light“
Jane Seitel – “Joseph’s Bones“

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