To celebrate International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP), November 7, Medical Physics for World Benefits (MPWB) is holding a competition for medical physicists all over the world.

We are launching a Poem competition. Poems should have some relation to medical physics and consist of no more than 14 lines, which fits anything from Haikus to Sonnets. Contributions can be in any language – if in a language other than English please attempt to provide also an English translation and more importantly an audio recording of the Poem to allow the judges to appreciate rhythm and sound. Anyone can contribute up to two poems with a deadline of November 30, 2024 (UTC – 11hours time zone)^*. The board of MPWB will decide on a shortlist of winners to be presented at the Annual General Meeting of MPWB in December.

The three contributions judged to be best by the panel will receive a pair of unique MPWB socks as ultimate fashion accessory.

To get into the mood, here is a Haiku example:

Socks are like Physics

Often unseen, always on

Quality comfort

Tomas Kron, PhD

on behalf of the MPWB Board

* Send your poems to medphyswb@gmail.com with the subject line “IDMP Poem”