First prize in the 36th annual Reuben Rose Memorial Poetry Competition is $500, second prize is $200, third prize is $100, and there will be 10 honorable mentions. The thirteen winning poems, each from a different poet, will be published together with next year's Voices Israel poetry anthology.
Entries will be judged by prominent American poets Baruch November and Judith R. Robinson, along with one of last year’s winners, Fran Levin.
The competition is open to everyone in the world. Poems are judged without the poets’ names. Please make sure that your name appears nowhere in the poetry file you send.
Challenging, humorous, and/or eccentric poetry is welcome, but please avoid unconventional formatting (such as tilting words, inserting symbols, mixing font sizes, etc.). We do not reproduce illustrations.
Each poem should not exceed 60 lines, including any stanza breaks, dedication, epigraph, notes, etc. but not including the title. For the purpose, a line more than 68 characters long is considered more than one line.
Poems must be in English and previously unpublished and must remain unpublished until the list of winners is e-mailed to the entrants (target date, December). Online publication counts as publication, but inclusion in the monthly Voices Israel newsletter or in a chapbook from a Voices Israel workshop does not.
The deadline is October 15th, 2025. The judges’ decision is not subject to appeal.
To submit poetry, you must be the author or have the author’s permission. We retain a non-exclusive right to publish and republish the thirteen winning poems in all media, while the poet retains copyright and may also publish the poem after the winners are announced.
Continue on this page to submit 1 poem (entry fee: $6). Or submit 3 poems here and pay $14, or 6 poems here and pay $19.
To submit your work, fill out the form below and click "Continue to Payment." If you don't see the form, click the "Submit" button above these guidelines.
First prize in the 36th annual Reuben Rose Memorial Poetry Competition is $500, second prize is $200, third prize is $100, and there will be 10 honorable mentions. The thirteen winning poems, each from a different poet, will be published together with next year's Voices Israel poetry anthology.
Entries will be judged by prominent American poets Baruch November and Judith R. Robinson, along with one of last year’s winners, Fran Levin.
The competition is open to everyone in the world. Poems are judged without the poets’ names. Please make sure that your name appears nowhere in the poetry file you send.
Challenging, humorous, and/or eccentric poetry is welcome, but please avoid unconventional formatting (such as tilting words, inserting symbols, mixing font sizes, etc.). We do not reproduce illustrations.
Each poem should not exceed 60 lines, including any stanza breaks, dedication, epigraph, notes, etc. but not including the title. For the purpose, a line more than 68 characters long is considered more than one line.
Poems must be in English and previously unpublished and must remain unpublished until the list of winners is e-mailed to the entrants (target date, December). Online publication counts as publication, but inclusion in the monthly Voices Israel newsletter or in a chapbook from a Voices Israel workshop does not.
The deadline is October 15th, 2025. The judges’ decision is not subject to appeal.
To submit poetry, you must be the author or have the author’s permission. We retain a non-exclusive right to publish and republish the thirteen winning poems in all media, while the poet retains copyright and may also publish the poem after the winners are announced.
Continue on this page to submit 3 poems (entry fee, $14). Or submit 1 poem here and pay $6, or 6 poems here and pay $19.
To submit your work, fill out the form below and click "Continue to Payment." If you don't see the form, click the "Submit" button above these guidelines.
First prize in the 36th annual Reuben Rose Memorial Poetry Competition is $500, second prize is $200, third prize is $100, and there will be 10 honorable mentions. The thirteen winning poems, each from a different poet, will be published together with next year's Voices Israel poetry anthology.
Entries will be judged by prominent American poets Baruch November and Judith R. Robinson, along with one of last year’s winners, Fran Levin.
The competition is open to everyone in the world. Poems are judged without the poets’ names. Please make sure that your name appears nowhere in the poetry file you send.
Challenging, humorous, and/or eccentric poetry is welcome, but please avoid unconventional formatting (such as tilting words, inserting symbols, mixing font sizes, etc.). We do not reproduce illustrations.
Each poem should not exceed 60 lines, including any stanza breaks, dedication, epigraph, notes, etc. but not including the title. For the purpose, a line more than 68 characters long is considered more than one line.
Poems must be in English and previously unpublished and must remain unpublished until the list of winners is e-mailed to the entrants (target date, December). Online publication counts as publication, but inclusion in the monthly Voices Israel newsletter or in a chapbook from a Voices Israel workshop does not.
The deadline is October 15th, 2025. The judges’ decision is not subject to appeal.
To submit poetry, you must be the author or have the author’s permission. We retain a non-exclusive right to publish and republish the thirteen winning poems in all media, while the poet retains copyright and may also publish the poem after the winners are announced.
Continue on this page to submit 6 poems (entry fee, $19). Or submit 1 poem here and pay $6, or 3 poems here and pay $14.
To submit your work, fill out the form below and click "Continue to Payment." If you don't see the form, click the "Submit" button above these guidelines.