The Best Art Competitions to Enter in 2021
Check out our guide to some of the best art contests to enter this year.
Acrylic Works 9
Prize: $2, 000 first prize, $1, 000 second prize Entry Fee: $45
Requirements: Open to artists in the United States and Canada
Closing Date: October 18, 2021
For the Acrylic Works 9 competition, the organizers are looking for the best in acrylic (丙烯酸) painting of a variety of styles and subjects. The entries will be judged in two rounds according to artistic technique, design and creative elements, as well as overall impression and impact. Winners' works will be shown in Artists magazine.
Splash 23
Prize: $2, 000 first prize, $1, 000 second prize Entry Fee: $45
Requirements: Open to artists in the United States and Canada
Closing Date: June 14, 2021
For the Splash 23 contest, the organizers are looking for original watercolor paintings. Each entry must be painted with watercolor. However, some minor use of other mediums may be acceptable. Top paintings of winners will appear in a special edition of Watercolor Artist magazine.
The Lumen Prize for Digital Art
Prize: $4, 000 first prize Entry Fee: $48 for two works
Requirements: Open to artists worldwide
Closing Date: June 8, 2021
This digital art competition is organized by Lumen Art Projects Ltd, a non-profit organization that's aimed at providing new opportunities for digital artists around the world. Categories include Still, Moving Image, 3D/ Interactive and Artificial Intelligence.
California Award
Prize: $3, 000 first prize Entry Fee: Free
Requirements: Open to artists in California
Closing Date: July 31, 2021
Hosted by the Brea Gallery, the competition intends to provide a great opportunity for all artists based in the state of California. All artworks will be considered. And there is also a solo (单独的) show opportunity for artists who submit a body of work containing 5-10 pieces.
My brother and I had the typical older-sister, younger-brother relationship. He loved to annoy me and I wanted to boss him around. I am five years older so we didn't really share friends or activities but we always got along well. That all changed in 2013 when my mom died.
Sorrow does strange things to people. My brother and I dealt with it differently. He was 18 then and put his feelings into finishing his final year of high school. I turned to drug. I'd been using a painkiller for years to help with my kidney disease and I'd never abused it. But that changed in a moment. My mother's death took over my life. I remember swallowing a handful of painkillers and then calling a local drug dealer to bring me more pills.
My addiction progressed and I became even more irresponsible. I even risked losing my son when child protective services became concerned enough about my ability to be a good parent. I'll never forget the fear on my brother's face when he came to the police station. My brother was confused by my decisions. He didn't realize addiction was a mental illness. I could see the anger and hopelessness in his eyes. Seeing him walk away from me was one of the worst feelings I've ever experienced.
I started treatment. As my brother saw the work I put into my recovery, he began to let go of his anger. Little by little, we repaired our relationship. I know our mother would be proud. I remember someone telling me that my mother's death would either destroy our family or bring us closer. At first, it tore our family apart but, from ashes to beauty, I firmly believe her death and all of the hardship along the way have made us closer than ever. I am forever grateful.
We can video chat with astronauts aboard the International Space Station and watch live footage from the frozen heights of Everest. But communicating with a submarine (潜艇) or a diver is not so easy. The lack of practical methods for sharing data between underwater and airborne devices has long been a frustration for scientists. The difficulty stems from the fact that radio signals work perfectly in air travel but poorly in water. Sonar(声呐)signals used by underwater sensors reflect off the surface of the water rather than reaching the air.
Now, researchers at MIT have developed a method with the potential to revolutionize underwater communication. "What we've shown is that it's actually feasible to communicate from underwater to the air，" says Fadel Adib, a professor at MJT's Media Lab, who led the research.
The MIT researchers designed a system that uses an underwater machine to send sonar signals to the surface, making vibrations (震动)corresponding to the Is and Os of the data. A surface receiver then reads and decodes these tiny vibrations. The researchers call the system TARF. It has any number of potential real-world uses, Adib says. It could be used to find downed planes underwater by reading signals from sonar devices in a plane's black box and it could allow submarines to communicate with the surface.
Right now the technology is low-resolution. The initial study was conducted in the MIT swimming pool at maximum depths of around 11 or 12 feet. The next steps for the researchers are to see if TARF is workable at much greater depths and under varying conditions-high waves, storms, schools of fish. They also want to see if they can make the technology work in the other direction- air to water.
If the technology proves successful in real-world conditions, expect "texting while diving" to be the latest underwater fashion.
Female scientists with PhDs earn substantially less than their male counterpart (职位相当的人). A survey tracked more than 55, 700 people who earned PhDs between 2018 and 2019. Overall, about 35% of all PhD recipients reported having a permanent job lined up at graduation, among which men reported an average annual salary of $95, 000. Women reported a salary of $72, 500, a gap of $22, 500. In a similar survey in 2020, the overall gender（性别） gap in salaries was $18, 000.
Men were over-represented in relatively high-paying fields such as computer science and engineering, but inequality continued to exist even within fields. Men with permanent jobs in the life sciences, for example, reported an expected median salary of $87, 000, compared with $80, 000 for women. In mathematics and computer science, men reported an expected median salary of $125, 000; for women, that figure was $101, 500.
Salaries and career paths can vary greatly from one scientific discipline to another, says Michael Roach, an economist at Cornell University. Roach is looking closely into differences in career outcomes for US PhD holders. Roach says it's clear that women, on average, earn less than men even when all other factors are taken into account. In industrial research and development, there are differences that can't be explained by ability or degree or the status of a university.
The root causes of those differences remain unclear, Roach says. One possibility is that men are more willing to negotiate for higher salaries. Roach notes that some women might have to make sacrifices to start families, but it would be a mistake to blame all income gaps on lifestyle decisions. “A lot of men want to spend more time with their families too, ” he says.
The report shows that a PhD improves overall career and salary prospects, but the actual value clearly depends on the field of study, the demands of the marketplace and, for reasons that still aren't clear, the person holding the degree. Researchers are still looking at the factors that might keep women from achieving the same level of success that equally qualified men are able to achieve.
Many people think of guys as being carefree when it comes to their appearance. But in fact, a lot of guys spend plenty of time in front of the mirror. They care just as much as girls do about their body image.
Body image is a person's opinions and feelings about his or her own body and physical appearance . You appreciate your body for its capabilities(能力) and accept its imperfections. Here are some ideas：
Recognize your strengths. Different body types are good for different things. What does your body do well? Maybe your speed, strength, or coordination (协调性) makes you better than others at a certain sport. That may be basketball, table tennis, mountain biking, dancing, or even running. Or perhaps you have non-sports skills, like drawing, painting, singing, playing a musical instrument, writing, or acting.
Exercise regularly. Exercise can help you look good and feel good about yourself. Good physiques (体形) don't just happen. A healthy habit can be as simple as exercising 20 minutes to 1 hour three days a week. Working out can also lift your spirits.
Respect your body! Practicing good habits; regular showering; taking care of your teeth, hair, and skin; wearing clean clothes, and so on－can help you build a positive body image.
Your body is just one part of who you are. Your talent for comedy, a quick wit (智慧), and all the other things make you unique. So try not to let small imperfections take over.
A. Use this as an opportunity to discover what you're good at.
B. Be yourself.
C. Having a positive body image means feeling satisfied with the way you look.
D. Just explore talents that you feel good about.
E. They take hard work, regular workouts, and a healthy diet.
F. The good news is that self-image and body image can be changed.
G. So, what can you do to develop a positive body image?
We have, like in many more countries, refugees（难民） in our country. Through the years I have tried to 1 without pay by teaching women our country's language as one of their 2. They have to learn the language, and also our culture, for example, what to 3 when they have to go to the doctor, or how to express what's 4 in such a place like a farm.
Only by learning the language will they be able to 5 activities in our society. Once a year, just before Christmas break, all the women from different countries make delicious food which are 6 for us all together.
Many 7 I have noticed that it seems 8 for women to accept any help than men, probably 9 the children that they have to raise.
Problems with the kids 10 happen due to being in a 11 country with a different culture and another 12. The women often miss their homes very much and feel 13, because they have to get used to this life as 14 as possible. I have seen the 15 and pain in their eyes. It is so good to give some comfort in one way or another, even just to be there for them. And it is really 16 when you make friends.
They and many more new people are trying to 17 up their new homes in this new country. Will we be able to get them out of 18, for everyone? And nowadays, though at times their lives look almost broken, I 19 it won't always. Because wherever we 20, we are together, as we are citizens of the world.
Today more than two thousand (species) of animals in south America arethreat. All across the continent, forest is being (steady) cut downreplaced by farms. Images(take) from space show the scale of the destruction: Throughout south America aswhole, an area of forest , the size of a football pitch ( lose) every five seconds. Of all the forest at risk, perhaps ( valuable ) lies in the very heart of the continent—the Amazon rainforest, is the largest on earth. Over two million kinds of plants and animals now live here , more than other of the earth's seven continents.
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：①每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
②只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
There are a lot of unforgettable thing in our life. The most unforgettable one for me is the speech competition holding last year. When my English teacher told me that I had chosen to take part in the speech competition, I devoted me to the preparation. I was determined to win the first prize. I was such nervous when I stood on the stage that I forgot everything. Not until I caught a sight of my teacher did I calm down. Finally, I do a good job. When I heard I got the first prize, my heart was filled in joy and tears rolled down. Through this speech competition, I understand that it is confidence which makes people successfully.
