2026 Haiku Contest Honorable MentionHaiku listed in randomized order. Ernesto Santiago applied statistics–beautiful the entire time first sunrise Vamshika Reddy Bhoomireddygari cherry blossom spread— chaotic in its clusters as the petals fall Robert Serfling, Retired All models are wrong”, George Box said and continued: “But some are useful”. Shawn Boles, Oregon Research Institute origami box with seventeen careful folds hiding a haiku Caitlin Walsh, Elon University Numbers test the null P-value whispers softly “Doubt what you assume” Grace Harper, Elon University Little did I know that the data about spread wasn't about jam Stoianka Boianova, Bulgaria autumn wires hundreds of black swallows — only one white Stoianka Boianova, Bulgaria late summer thousands of crickets in one melody Mary Kwasny, Northwestern University Does this seem normal? Statistically or for real? Yes, context matters. Mary Kwasny, Northwestern University Showing and spelling Homoscedasticity Proves you’ve had some stats. Andrew Adrian Pua, De La Salle University - Manila Locked up hacking p – Great, the null is rejected! Go out, smell the air. Sebastian Chrobak, Bielsko-Biala, Poland a daisy the probability of her love |