2020 Reuben Rose Competition

Winners, recordings and texts of poems

The judges for the 31st Competition, held in 2020, were:

• Kay Kim Richards of California, USA – award-winning poet: our overseas judge
• Miriam Webber of Israel, last year’s Reuben Rose second prize winner.
• David Silverman of Illinois, USA, one of last year’s Honourable Mention winners.

First prize – Ricky Rapoport Friesem, Israel:  David’s Shield. Use the audio bar below to hear a recording of Ricky reading her poem.

Second prize: Jane Seitel (USA): Lantern Fish. Use the audio bar below to hear a recording of Jane reading her poem.

Third prize: Esther B. Lipton (UK): The Burden of Memory.

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order of poem title)

Acceptance Speech – by Anne McCrady, USA
Babushkas – by Johnmichael Simon, Israel 
Blind – by Haya Onallah, Israel
Gates – by Susan B. Olsburgh, Israel
Now that you’re here – Immanuel Suttner, Australia
Pictures from an Exhibition – by Iris Dan, Israel
Silent Night, Revisited – John Cecil Dendy, USA
The Color Jew – by Sarah Sassoon, Israel
The Mist – by Amiel Schotz, Israel 
Walks Along Oirase Gorge – by Mervyn R. Seivwright, USA

To read and download the texts of the three winning poems and the ten that gained Honourable Mention click here (PDF file).