Poetica Magazine

 Cover Art:
Eugene Ivanov
www.yessy.com/eugeneivanov

Helen Bar-Lev        Leonard Berman        Marcia Blacker     Alan Busch        
Gwendolyn Carr        Jennifer Lynn Clay     Robert Cooperman        Jessica de Koninck     
David Ebenbach        Dina Ripsman Eylon    Michael Glaser   Mel Goldberg        
Barbara Hantman        Darla Himeles     Jacqueline Jules        Alexis Krasilovsky        
Benjamin KukoffElly Laub        David Lawrence     Martin Lindauer    
Sheri Lindner        Abraham Linik        Laurie Ludmer
Richard Luftig        Robert Michael        Irving Miller     James Reiss        
Michael Salcman       Michael Sloman   Lois Greene Stone        Michael Stone        
Mel Waldman     Muriel Weinstein

Artist

Orna Ben-Shoshan

www.ben-shoshan.com

Sponsor
Ben Mahgerefteh

 

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Yaakov Azriel - Yitzchak Ben Yehuda - Dina Ripsman Eylon - Loius Faber
Hugh Fox - McArthur Gunter - Ruth Holzer - Eveline Kanes 
Sheri Linder - Robert Manaster - Brandon Marlon - Karla Linn Merrifield
Elana Meyersdorf - Irving Miller - Yehoshua November - Helen Padway 
Diana Rabb - Judith Robinson - Lois Roisman - Art Schwartz 
Steven Sher - Johnmichael Simon - Michael Stone - Sandra Tarlin
Davi Walders - Tonnie Walls - Israel Zoberman

Artist

Martina Shapiro

Sponsor

Ben Mahgerefteh

Judith Barisonzi - Elliott Battzedek - Deanie Blank - Robert Cooperman 
Eric Diamond - Robert Dunn - Milton Ehrlich - Ruth Fogleman 
Ninette Freed - Ed Galing - Florence Grende - Alan Harawitz 
Margery Hauser - Andrew Kay - Larry Lefkowitz - Natalie Lobe
Bonnie Lyons - Rochelle Mass - Irving Miller - Elsa Nad 
Helen Padway - Lois Roisman - Ruth Sabath Rosenthal - Judith Sanders
Jane Seitel - Ben-David Seligman - Zvi Sesling - Maureen Sherbondy 
Elizabeth Swados - Carol Tufts - Jampa Naphtali Williams - R. Yurman

Best Published Award

"New Sabbath Prayer" by Eric Diamond

"Peacefuly Nestled" - by Michal Mahgerefteh

Mindy Aber Barad - Marilyn Bentov - Leonard Berman - Debbi Brody 
Empress Cindy - Mark Cohen - Alan Dowty - David Epstein 
Hugh Fox - Matthew Friedman - Robert Funt - Ed Galing 
Joan Gelfand - Joyce Koff - Sari Krosinsky - Abraham Linik 
Irene Lipshin - Bobby Kinkoff - B. Z. Niditch - Ronald Pies 
Mia Phoebus - David Rabeeya - Jennifer Richardson - Davi Walders
Mel Waldman - Neal Zirn - Israel Zoberman

Best Published Award
"The Trust" by David Epstein

Art Cover
"Destiny's Gentle Hand"  Brian Applebaum

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Yakov Azriel - Marilyn Bentov - Rose Bromberg - Robert Dunn - Pamela Epps  Michael Glaser - Gretti Izak - Sara Krosinsky - Peggy Landsman - Shoshanah Levi  Drora Matlofsky - Erika Michael - Barbara Ann Porte - Burt Rashbaum - Lynn Saul - Brenda Sloane - Donald Stoltz - Sharon Weinstein - Elizabeth Zelvin

Best Published Award
"The Story of Passover, " Donald Stoltz

Art Cover
"Moses and the Departed Sea," Bob McLeod

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Elliott Battzedek - Maryilyn Bentov - Leonard Berman - Deanie Rowan Blank  Leslie Cohen - Michael Dickel - Donnarkevic - Jehanne Dubrow - Ellen Dworsky -Milton Ehrlich - Richard Fein - Ruth Fogelman - Robin Greene - Sheila Golburgh Johnson - Sara Kirschenbaum - Judith Laura - Abraham Linik - Natalie Lobe Jason Mashak - Gloria g. Murray - Haya Pomrenze - Linda Pressman - Susan Edwards Richmond - Vera Schwarcz - Maureen Sherbondy - Sidney Soban
Sara Stern - Alina Tugend - Mel Waldman - R. Yurman - Israel Zoberman

Best Published Award
"Father of Daughters," by Linda Pressman

Art Cover
"Ring-Road," Alexander Vaisman

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Janee J. Baugher - Daniel Becker - Nina Corwin - Annie Dawid - Ricky Friesem 
Ed Galing - Joan Gelfand - Jane Ellen Glasser - Gloria R. Greenbaum - Robin Geene -
Barry Hellman - Ruth Holzer - Paul Hostovsky - Gretti Izak - Jacqueline Jules -
May Kinsolving - Gilda Kreuter - Judy Kronenfeld - Peggy Landsman  Naomi Levine -
Fredricks R. Maister - Julia Mason - Karla Linn Merrifield - Rochelle Mass - Erika Michael - 
Ruth Sabath Rosenthal - Judith Sanders - Jane Seitel - Zvi Sesling - Steven Shankman -
Sue Tourkin-Komet - Mel Waldman

Best Published Award
"For Julia," by Julia Mason

Art Cover
"Paths" - Brian Applebaum

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Nitza Agam - Robert P. Arthur - Raquelle Azran - Mindy Aber Barad - Joan E. Bauer - Rose Bromberg - Ruth Fogelman - Ricky Rappaport Friesem - David Gershator - Sabine Huynh - Gretti Izak - Susan Krashinsky - Risa Lichtman - Michal Mahgerefteh - Brandon Marlon - Rochelle Mass - Erika Michael - Carol Rose - Judith Flesch Rose - Malka Shain - Sue Tourkin-Komet - Lisa Yanover Israel Zoberman

Best Published Award
" The Land That Fills My Dreams" by Mindy Aber Barad

Art Cover
Theodor Herzl Stamp

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Nitza Agam - Scott Anderson - Lana Hechtman Ayers - Grace Beeler - Barbara Berman - Leonard Berman - Fern G. Z. Carr - Sarah Conbere - Jehanne Dubrow - Edith Friedman - E. Smith Gilbert - Sheila G. Johnson - Michael Gurian - Gilda Kreuter - Nancy Larner - Abraham Linik - Irene Lipshin - Kelly Ann Malone - Shaari Mersack - Melvyn Millman - B. Z. Niditch - Grace Ocasio - Mia Phoebus - Pam Leeds Ragborg - Judith Robinson - Ruth Sabath Rosenthal - Blanche Rosloff - Zvi Sesling - Mel Waldman

Best Published Poem Award
"The Maddening Drone of Silence" by Abraham Link

Art Cover
Valentin Lustig

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Judith Arcana - Merle Lyn Bachman - Mindy Aber Barad - Lou Barrett - Judy Belsky -  Marcia Berneger - Ellen Bihler - Elaine Dallman - Ruth Dran - Hazel Frankel - Ninette Freed - Patricia Garfinkel - Dina Greene - Alan Harawitz - Peggy Landsman - Larry Lefkowitz - Rochelle Mass - Ellen Sazzman - Diane Scheinman - Jane Seitel - Lari Smith - R. Yurman - Felice Miryam Kahn Zisken

Best Published Poem Award
"The Exact Recipe" by Rochell Mass

Art Cover
"Gefen" - Michal Mahgerefteh

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Yakov Azriel - Anne Babson - Mindy Aber Barad - Mel Belin - Ben Berman - Rose Bromberg - Debbie Budnick - Lynn Cohen - Matthew Friedman - Ed Galing
Jane Ellen Glasser - Barbara Hantman - Daniel A. Harris - Jody Helfand - Lisa Helfer - D. A. Volpe Herskowitz - Jacqueline Jules - Shannah Levi - Jennifer Donice Lewis - Brandon Marlon - Rochelle Mass - Erika Michael - Alan Oppenheim - Eva M. Oppenheim - Helen Padway - Helen Papell - Judith Robinson - Lois Roisman - Lynn Saul - Harriet Schnur - Jane Seitel - Sue Tourkin-Komet - Davi Walders - Mel Waldman - Jane Weprin-Menzi - Dan Wilcox - Jampa Naphtali Willaims - Felice Miryam Kahn Zisken

Best Published Poem Award
"Meditation at Sunset" by Helen Padway

Art Cover
Michal Mahgerefteh

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Judy Belsky - Yitzchak Ben Yehuda - Emily Borenstein - Debbi Brody - Jacquie Buncel - Eitan Codish - Julie Enszer - Corie Feiner - Ed Galing - Ona Gritz  Dan Grossman - Martin Herskovitz - Susan Hogan - Peter Huggins - Sue Tourkin-Komet - Pamel S Laskin - Sean Lause - Martin Lindauer - Helen Schary Motro - Burt Rashbaum - Judith R Robinson - Pearl Stein Selensky - Janet Silber - Carol E. Stone - Patti Tana - Mel Waldman - Sharon Weinstein - Ben Wilensky - gordon Yaswen - Felice Miryam Kahn Zisken - Steven Zukerman

Art Cover
"Walking in Jerusalem - Eliezer Klagesburgn #0709

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh.

Lili Artel -Yakov Azriel - Lou Barrett - Yitzchak Ben Yehuda - Leonard H. Berman - Per Brask - Janie Breggin Braverman - Michael Dickel - Robert Dunn - Reuven Goldfarb - Hanoch Guy - Barbara Hantman - Jacqueline Jules - Sara Ditza Kourtchy- Lynn Levin - Jennifer Donice Lewis - Abraham Linik -Michal Mahgerefteh - Tracy Mishkin - Estelle Padawer - Helen Papell - Jim Perry - Burt Rashbaum - Carol Rose - Mel Waldman

Art Cover
David Yohanan

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Saul Bennett - Leonard H. Berman - Barbara Bialick - Emily Borenstein - Richard Bronson - Elayne Clift - Shira Yehudith Djlilmand - Ninette Freed - Larry Greenbaum - Ruth Holzer - Peter Huggins - Laurie Klein - Gilda Kreuter - Suzane Leeds - Naomi Levine - Channah Magori - Jed A. Myers - Elsa Nad - B.Z. Niditch - Eva Miodownik Oppenheim - Estelle Nachimoff Padawer - Ivanov Reyez - Thomas L. Roberts - Deborah Nodler Rosen - Lucy Cohen Schmeidler - Deanna Shapiro - Scott Struman - Mike Sutin - Sandra Waller - Henny Wenkart - Israel Zoberman - Steven Zuckerman

Art Cover
Gilat Yarden Omer

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Yakov Azriel - Mindy Aber Barad - Lou Barrett - Per Brask - Alice B. Fogel - Ruth Fogelman - Ninette Freed - Ricky Friesem - Reuven Goldfarb - Marita Gringaus - Elizabeth Boltson Gordon - Sheila Golburgh Johnson - Jacqueline Jules - Ruth Kessler - Janet R. Kirchheimer - Gilda Kreuter - Gila Landman - Pamela L. Laskin - Larry Lefkowitz - Abraham Linik - Michal Mahgerefteh - Rochelle Mass - Helen Schary Motro - B.Z. Nidith - Charles Rammelkamp - Rochell Ratner - Michael Salcman - Esty Schachter - Zvi A. Sesling - Kenith Simmons - Ruth Stern - Patti Tana - Carine Topal - Israel Zoberman

Art Cover
"View of the Jewish Quarter" - Ruth Fogelman

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Shelby Allen - Carol Alena Aronoff - Rachel Barenblat - Mel Belin - Judy Belsky - Ellen Cassedy - Dane Cervine - Sauci S. Churchill - Shira Yehudit Djilmand - Ana Doina - Judy Faust - Ricky Friesem - Sandra Gardner - Melvyn Goldberg - Reuven Goldfarb - Phil Goldvarg - Larry Greenbaum - Marita Gringaus - Barbara Hantman - D.A. Volpe Herskowitz - Sandra Hurtes - Norma Jagendorf - Jacqueline Jules - Janet R. Kirchmeimer - Tracy Koretsky - Janet Krauss - Gilda Kreuter - Larry Lefkowitz - Lyn Lifshin - Richard Luftig -Michal Mahgerefteh - M. Michaela Maples - Helen Padway - Yosefa Raz - Zack Rogow - Natalie M. Rosinsky - Michael Salcman - Vera Schwarcz - Deana Shapiro - Steven Sher - Clara Silverstein - Amy Small-McKinney - Carole Stone - Carol Tufts - Steven Zuckerman

Art Cover
Alexander Vaisman

Sponsor
Shapor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Diana Anhalt, Yakov Aziz, Mary Frances, Baugh, Leah Berger, Ruth Daigon, Shira Yehudit Djlilman, Ana Doina, Robert Dunn, Marck Elber, Carol Coven Grannick, Daniel Green, Joan Joffe Hall, Barbara Hantman, Susan , Hogan, Kevin Haworth, Sheila Goldburgh Johnson, Gilda Kreuter, Gila Landman, Peggy Landsman, Nancy Larner, larry Lefkowitz, Michal Mahgerefteh, B. Z. Niditch, Ledonard Orr, Sima Rabinowitz, Karolyn Reoute, Kal Rosenbert, Miriam Sagan, Magi Schwartz, Jonathan Segol, Peal Stein Selinsky, Joanne Seltzer, Meira Swain, Sue Swartz, Patti Tana, Israel Zoberman.

Art Cover
Philip Rathner

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Ana Doina, Robert Engler, Daniel B. Fink, John Fotzpatrick, Stewart Florsheim, Frank Fox, Susan Fridkin, Melvyn Goldberg, Phil Goldvarg, Hanoch Guy, Daniel A. Harris, Norma Jagendorf, Luther Jett, Stephen, Kaplan, Gilda Kreuter, Richard Levine, Lyn Lifshin, Michal Mahgerefteh, Channah Magori, Frank Markover, Helen Motro, Judith Robinson, Micharl Salcman, Marci Sellers, Joan Siegel, J. J. Steinfeld, Mike Sutin, Carol Tufts, Patrice Warrender, Michael Wertz, Israel Zoberman.

Art Cover
Michael Wertz

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh

Yakov Azriel, Beth Bahler, Rachel Barenblat, Leonard Bornstein, Rosalie Calabrese, Adam Fisher, Ruth Fogelman, Larry Gerstenhaber, Pesha Joyce Gertler, Barbara, Hantman, Janet Kreuter, Allison Landa, Gila Landman, Eric Gabriel Lehman, Irene Lipshin, Natalie Lobe, Michal Mahgerefteh, Rochelle Mass, Leonard Orr, Howard Rubin, Maureen Sherbondy, Susan Terris, Victoria Thompson, Israel Zoberman.

Art Cover
Alexander Vaisman

Sponsor
Shahpor (Ben) Mahgerefteh