How it Works

Write a haiku about data! Your haiku must be related to data in some way (e.g., data management, processing, sharing, preservation, reuse, one of our event topics, etc.). The contest is open to current Notre Dame students and University employees, who may submit 1 entry each.

Deadline

Submissions are due by noon on February 17. 

What is a haiku?

Haikus have a rigid structure of 17 syllables divided across 3 lines. The first line should have 5 syllables, the second line should have 7 syllables, and the third line should have 5 syllables. Haikus do not need to rhyme.

Haiku Example

TITLE: “Preprocessing”
Cleaning, reducing
and ignoring outliers.
Only one case left.
AUTHOR: Arnon Hershkovitz

Prizes

3 winners will receive an "I Love Data" coffee mug. Authors of winning and honorable mention entries will be notified via email on February 17. Winning and honorable mention entries will be posted to library.nd.edu/event/love-data-week-2023-data-haiku-contest.

Judges

Coming soon!