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Haiku Contest Winners Announced


Readers of The Epidemiology Monitor submitted over 300 haikus to compete for prize money and bragging rights in our haiku contest. The purpose of the contest was to capture the “changes and challenges” brought to epidemiology and/or epidemiologists as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The haikus struck multiple themes ranging from the influence of misinformation, the increased recognition of epidemiology with its positive and negative aspects, humor, the health disparities made evident, the downplaying of expertise and education, the widespread use of the internet, the neglect of non-COVID conditions, over reliance on social media, and many others. Many haiku authors took the liberty of composing verses outside the requested topics and wrote about the impact of the pandemic on public health, the general public, and on science in general.

Many of the submissions were very clever, insightful, and a delight to read. They met the criteria for a haiku to express much and suggest more with the fewest possible words. The choice for the three prizes offered was difficult to make since so many were excellent.

1. The winning haiku is:

 

We used to be asked

Does that have to do with skin

Harder questions now

 

The winning entry was submitted by Anna Porter who will receive the $500 prize.

 

2. The second place winner is:

 

Without evidence

Harmful petulance against

Epi’s eloquence

 

The second prize entry was submitted by Jessica Laine Carmeli who will receive the $300 prize.

 

3. The third place winner is:

 

Quell Snow, Koch, and Hill

Faux experts and science swell

Causation skews nil

 

The third prize entry was submitted by Lisa Labita Woodson who will receive the $200 prize.

 

See the Top 30 Haiku starting below.
 

Winner Comments

First prize winner Anna Porter told the Epi Monitor “What a shock! I am so honored to be selected as the winner, thank you! I had such fun writing it…


 


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