Winners, recordings and texts of poems
The judges for the 30th Competition, held in 2019, were:
- John Gallas, UK (2018 competition first prize winner)
- Donna Bechar (2018 second prize winner)
- Katherine L. Gordon, a distinguished Canadian poet, editor, publisher and literary critic – our Overseas Judge.
First prize: Judy Belsky, Israel: my son. Use the audio bar below to hear a recording of Ricky reading her poem.
Second prize: Rumi Morkin (pen name of Miriam Webber), Israel: Alzheimer’s Villanelle. Use the audio bar below to hear a recording of Miriam reading her poem.
Third prize: Jane Seitel, USA: The Torah Pointer. Use the audio bar below to hear a recording of Jane reading her poem.
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order of poem title)
Bug Collection – by Anne McCrady, USA
One Final Storm – by Elisa Subin, USA
Parting With My Prayer Shawl, Made By My Daughter, Upon the Zombie Apocalypse – by David Silverman, USA
Prairie Flower – by Elizabeth Claverie, USA
Quietude – Esther B Lipton, UK
The Night Baker – Ann Bar-Dov, Israel
The Poetry of Gazelles – by Helen Bar-Lev,Israel
Verses from a Mediterranean Cruise – by Wendy Dickstein, Israel
We Stumbled to the Singing Sea – by Bernard Mann, Israel
Who’s Going To Play Me in the Movies? – by Reuven Goldfarb, 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 