31:T501,md ` This March, we invite the Observable community to celebrate _**International Women's Day**_ and _**Women's History Month**_ by participating in a data visualization contest focused on exploring & celebrating women's rights & milestones through history. Observable is committed to ending systemic gender inequality, to supporting intersectional, trans-inclusive feminism, and to prioritizing marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort. To learn more about our team and its commitments to building a diverse & equitable culture, in and outside of the company, read CEO Melody Meckfessel's post [The Great Adaptation](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/the-great-adaptation-building-a-company-in-2020), this [recent interview](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/humans-higher-calling-changing-world-data-open-source-frick-he-him-/) with Melody and Head of Product Deepti Srivastava, and our [collection of notebooks on equality](https://observablehq.com/collection/@observablehq/equality). We build Observable to help people discover and share insights about the world with data, and we will amplify the voices of others doing important work for gender equality and social justice. Let's use data to celebrate Women's History Month together!
`32:Tc38,md`## Prizes Five (5) winners will each receive a prize worth $100 USD, consisting of: - A copy of [Data Sketches](https://www.datasketch.es/) by [Nadieh Bremer](https://observablehq.com/@nbremer) & [Shirley Wu](https://observablehq.com/@sxywu) ($50 value) - A $50 gift card to spend as you wish - The option to receive direct mentorship from a member of the Observable team, consisting of 2x 30-minute 1-on-1 conversations about topics of the winner's choice (e.g. engineering, dataviz, leadership, career paths, etc.).

Cover of book 'Data Sketches' by Nadieh Bremer & Shirley Wu

## How to enter To participate, create a notebook that does any of the following: - provides insight into some aspect of women's history (e.g. legal rights, health data, historical achievements, etc.) - uses data to advocate for women's rights or gender equality, and/or - is directly inspired by the work of woman data practitioners
### Submit your entry by completing the form [below](#entryForm). Submissions will be accepted until **11:59pm PT (Pacific Time) on _March 28_, 2021**.
## Need inspiration? Why not try visualizing this [Bechdel Test dataset](https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/bechdel/movies.csv), which reveals [gender (im)balance in films](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-dollar-and-cents-case-against-hollywoods-exclusion-of-women/)? You can preview the dataset - and find more data to explore - [here](https://observablehq.com/@mkfreeman/teaching-datasets). You can also [Explore](https://observablehq.com/explore) more notebooks from the Observable community for inspiration & guidance - for example, the [Woman Citizen's Wheel of Progress](https://observablehq.com/@duynguyen1678/the-woman-citizens-wheel-of-progress-1917) by [@duynguyen1678](https://observablehq.com/@duynguyen1678). Perhaps try forking one of [@sxywu](https://observablehq.com/@sxywu) or [@nbremer](https://observablehq.com/@nbremer)'s notebooks to make it your own! _Never used Observable before?_ No worries, we got you! Watch this quick [introduction](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/notebooks-cells?collection=@observablehq/learning-observable) to get started, and check out the rest of the [Learning Observable](https://observablehq.com/collection/@observablehq/learning-observable) series for more details on how to make awesome notebooks. And keep in mind that the [forum](https://talk.observablehq.com/) is a great place to ask questions & get help!
## Important dates ### **UPDATE 3/22: CONTEST EXTENDED** Submissions now open through March 28! What | When ---- | ---- Submissions open | March 5 Submissions close | **March 28**, 11:59pm PT Winners announced, prizes sent out | April 1
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