MATRIX launches poetry competition

We have launched the first MATRIX Poetry Competition to highlight the links between science and the arts.

Open to scientists, technicians, engineers and mathematician, the competition is to write a poem of 14 lines or less, excluding the title. It can be profound or humorous, about the big issues or the small, generic or personal but it must be about science and technology.   Topics could be about climate change or the pleasure of writing great code, the beauty of equations or the possible dangers of GM crops.

Bryan Keating, MATRIX Chairman said:

“We have introduced the MATRIX Poetry competition to illustrate the symbiotic relationship between the arts and science.  While the two may appear to be at polar ends of the spectrum they are inextricable linked, with many of the world’s most esteemed scientists excelling in the arts too. In fact the origin of the word technology comes from the ancient Greek word for art, techne.

“The competition will enable people working in the science and technology industries to show how creative and poetic they can be”.