Mizmor L'David Anthology 

 


Poetica Magazine, Contemporary Jewish Writing


2014 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards
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


2nd HM
"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: 

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

Elizabeth Topper

Keith Tornheim

Roberta Visser

Paul Weidknecht
Bonnie Weisz