Nine Dots Prize - The 2024/2025 question: Is data failing us?

By Ōtepoti He Puna Auaha | Dunedin UNESCO City Of Literature | Posted: Thursday Jan 16, 2025

Applications close 27 January 2025

The Nine Dots Prize is a prize for creative thinking that tackles contemporary societal issues. Entrants are asked to respond to a question in 3,000 words, with the winner receiving US$100,000 to write a short book expanding on their ideas.

The aim of the Prize is to promote, encourage and engage innovative thinking to address problems facing the modern world. The name of the Prize references the nine dots puzzle – a lateral thinking puzzle which can only be solved by thinking outside the box.

The Prize was established in 2016 and has chosen four winners so far. Previous questions have considered issues around how politics is influenced by digital technologies, what home is, how the relationships between young and old affect the world, and why the rule of law has become so fragile.

The fifth Cycle launched in October 2024 with the question 'Is data failing us?'.

Find out more and submit your entry here: Home - The Nine Dots Prize