2014 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards
for Individual Works
for Individual Works
We thank all the entrants for submitting to the contest; over six hundred and seventy poems were submitted to the contest by writers from Canada, Israel, South Africa, France, England, Sari Lanca, Brazil, Jamaica, Argentina, New Zealand, United States, Nigeria, West Indies, Australia, Germany, Spain, and Italy. Toda!
We thank the judges for returning a second year to judge the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Contest: Dina Ripsman Eylon from Canada, Jane Ellen Glasser from Florida, and David King from Virginia.
2014 Selecting Judges
Dina Ripsman Eylon
(Canada)
Jane Ellen Glasser
(Florida)
David King
(Virginia)
Congratulations to all the winners!
1st - 3rd Place
1st Place - $250.00 Award
"The Taste of Challah" by Gloria g. Murray
Deer Park, New York
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2nd Place - $150.00 Award
"On The Jewish New Year" by David Silverman
Skokie, Illinois
3rd Place - $150.00 Award
"Zayde" by Sally Albiso
Port Angeles, Washington
READ THE WINNING POEMS
Five Honorable Mention ($75.00)
1st HM
"Any Open Vessel Becomes Unclean" by Sally Albiso
Port Angeles, Washington
"Golden Windows" by Ruth Rifka
Toronto, Ontario
3rd HM
"Old Country" by Miriam Bat-Ami
Mattawan, Michigan
4th HM
"The Gathering" by Carol Kanter
Evanston, Illinois
5th HM
"The Goldberg Variations" by Ted Eisenberg
North Caldwell, New Jersey
Finalists ($36.00)
“In Her Mouth” by Sally Albiso
Port Angeles, Washington
“Laugh America Star, Jew Pockets Poem” by Annie Dawid
Monument, Colorado
“Zhou Ling” by Deborah Kahan Kolb
Bronx, New York
“Yetta” by M. E. Lerman
Rockville, Maryland
“In the Middle of the In Class Essay Exam” by Yehosua November
Teaneck, New Jersey
“Memory and Meaning” by Roberta Visser
Swanzey, New Hampshire
Additional works by the following poets
were presented to the judges for consideration:
Additional works by the following poets
were presented to the judges for consideration:
Joshua Bernstein
B. Lynch Black
Hillel Broder
Aliya Charney
Romeo Cruz
Annie Dawid
Sharon Eiferman
Susan Gabbay
Reuven Goldfarb
Atar Hadari
Janet Heller
Mia Herman
Faigie Horowitz
Anna Jacobson
A. Moriah Jones
Carol Kanter
Heather Katzoff
Deborah Kahan Kolb
Brandon Marlon
Celia Merlin
Gloria g. Murray
Joel Netsky
Yehoshua November
Mimi Plevin-Foust
Shirani Rajapakse
Ruth Rifka
JoAnna Scandiffio
Beraha Sellem
David Silverman
Tamar Stern
JJ Steinfeld
Keith Tornheim
Keith Tornheim
Roberta Visser
Paul Weidknecht
Bonnie Weisz