The National Technical Institute for the Deaf and Tsukuba College of Technology conducted a haiku and tanka competition at their respective institutions in 2005. The contest was named for Dr. Robert F. Panara, a renowned deaf poet, actor and educator. Professor Jerome Cushman of NTID and Professor Miyoko Hosoya and Professor Midori Matsufuji of TCT were the faculty leaders of the competition. The winning poems can be viewed by pointing and clicking on the links presented below.