Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience
Postmark Deadline: December 1, 2006

Established in 1987 by the Judah L. Magnes Museum and the children of Anna Davidson Rosenberg, a community volunteer who came to California at the turn of the 20th century, the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award annually awards cash prizes for poems on the Jewish experience. The first prize winner will be awarded a cash prize of $1,000; second prize will be awarded a cash prize of $500. Honorable mentions will also be awarded. Winners will be announced by March 1, 2007 on our website and at www.DorothySargentRosenbergMemorialFund.org. An awards ceremony and public reading will take place at the JCCSF in April 2007.

Eligibility Requirements:
Poems must address in some way the themes of the Jewish experience
Poems must be original, unpublished works by a single author
Poetry must be written in the English language

The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards are open to writers of all ages, ethnicities, religious backgrounds and affiliations. Awards are not restricted to authors who are citizens or residents of the United States. Published writers are not given preference over unpublished writers. You are eligible to reapply if you submitted work in previous years. To Apply: To apply, please submit a maximum of three (3) original, unpublished poems of no more than ten pages (10) total in length, plus an application coversheet. The coversheet should include the following information in numbered order:

1. Name
2. Mailing address (street, city, state, zip, country)
3. Telephone number (if int’l please use country code)
4. Email address
6. Finally, please tell us how you heard about the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience. Send four (4) sets of your materials postmarked no later than December 1, 2006 to:

The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards JCCSF 3200 California Street San Francisco, CA 94118

Applications may be submitted by regular or express mail only. We do not accept faxed or electronic applications. Application materials cannot be returned.