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A.The competitors show great interest in IBM. |
B.Then they figured out the requirements of each. |
C.And that’s probably the simplest of all of them. |
D.This competition is an opportunity to be recognized by famous universities from the world. |
E.Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems. |
F.The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. |
G.They are also guaranteed an offer of employment with IBM. |
4 Free Poetry Contests to Enter in 2023
Here you’ll find free poetry contests that’ll help you grow as beginners and support your writing career at the same time.
Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Contest
Deadline: January 3, 2023
Submission requirements: It’s a poetry contest where submitted poems can be rhyming (押韵) or non-rhyming. There’s no limited entries. Winners will be contacted within 45 days of the deadline date. Published as well as unpublished works are accepted.
Prize: First Prize — $350; Second prize — $200; Third prize — $100.
In addition, the winning poems will be displayed on its website.
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
Deadline: April 2, 2023
Submission requirements: Held by WINNING WRITERS, this poetry contest seeks today’s best humor poems. Submission should be of maximum of 250 lines. There’s no age restriction to the contest. Published as well as unpublished works are accepted.
Prize: First Prize — $2,000 plus a two-year gift certificate from our co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $100 value); Second Prize — $500; Third Prize — $100.
Alpine Fellowship Poetry Contest
Deadline: January 1, 2023
Submission requirements: Applicants must be aged 18 or above with all entries in English. A single poem or a collection of poems is accepted at a time with maximum of 500 words per entry. Published as well as unpublished works are accepted.
Prize: First prize — £3,000 cash; Second prize — £2,000 travel expense; Third place — £1,000 travel expense.
Poet Lore Contest
Deadline: April 1, 2023
Submission requirements: They accept 5 poems (maximum 10 pages) in 1 single document. They do not accept works that have been previously published.
Prize: First Prize — $1,500; Second Prize — $750; Third Prize — $500.
【小题1】Where can you see your works if you win the Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Contest?A.On its website. | B.In a newspaper. | C.In a poetry book. | D.On a gift card. |
A.Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Contest. | B.Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. |
C.Alpine Fellowship Poetry Contest. | D.Poet Lore Contest. |
A.It has a line limit on works. | B.It only accepts unpublished works. |
C.It has no age limit for participants. | D.It has the latest deadline. |
August 11 – 14
City Park
The Festival of Cultures is an annual event to celebrate the wide range of cultures found in our great state. People representing 40 cultural groups will share their traditions and customs. Here are just a few of the festival's many activities.
Crafts: See the fine art of basket weaving from Vietnam and Zimbabewe. Watch the delicate art of making paper umbrellas from Thailand and the decorative craft of paper picado, or paper cutting, from Mexico. All craft demonstrations provide a firsthand view of how things are made. You will appreciate the process involved in making these products.
Music and Dance: Experience musical instruments that you have never heard before. Listen to the music of a sho from Japan, a bull-roarer from Australia, a sitar from India, and a chakay from Tailand. You will also be entertained by folk dances from around the world, such as the troika from Russia and the mayim mayim from Israel. From 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. on August 14, special folk-dancing classes for children will be offered. Children ranging in age from 6 – 8 can learn the kinderpolka from Germany. Children ranging in age from 9 – 12 can learn the raspa from Mexico.
Storytelling: Listen for hours as professional storytellers charm you with captivating tales. Fables, folktales, and ballads from various countries will be told. By popular demand, Gwendolyn Washington, a famous African American storyteller, is back.
Food: Enjoy
The festival of Cultures is sponsored by the World Marketplace. For more information about the festival, call (800) 555 – 0199.
【小题1】In the festival, you are most likely to see the art of making _______.
A.paper. | B.umbrellas. |
C.bamboo beds. | D.flower vases. |
A.The troika. | B.The raspa. |
C.The kinderpolka. | D.The mayim mayim |
A.in large quantities | B.with natural tastes |
C.not able to be refused | D.hot but delicious |
A.August 11 | B.August 12 |
C.August 13 | D.August 14 |
If a child is playing sport, they should have fun. However, I believe learning that sometimes you lose is just as important.
There is a school of thought that if children are playing for fun, they should not keep score, which seems a bit backwards to me. Participation is great, but let’s also give them a goal to reach.
Sport has winners and losers, which is an important part of its make-up. I believe the greatest joy you can get from sport is when you play hard and produce a win, when you and your teammates work together for your goal.
I am a competitive person, but I don’t think you’re ever too young to start learning that putting effort into something can result in reward. I’m not saying winning should be the be-all and end-all of the experience for children, but it should at least be a choice.
Michael Jordan once said. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Without learning how it feels to win, and just as importantly how it feels to lose, we will bring up children who expect life to be easy. Life is not easy and I believe the sooner children learn that, the better off they are in the long run. But, there does need to be a balance. There are parents who always want to see their children win and will punish them when they make mistakes.
I believe the key is to teach children that they should give their all in an effort to be victorious. It does need to be fun or they won’t be interested, but they should be graceful (优雅的) in failure. Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios is an example of someone who appears to have gone too far the other way, always in the news for his terrible attitude on court.
【小题1】Which of the following will the author agree with?A.Fewer kids play sport nowadays. | B.It is participation that matters most. |
C.Competitive sport is important for kids. | D.Kids often have unrealistic goals in sport. |
A.Life lies in sport. | B.Nothing is impossible. |
C.Great hopes make great men. | D.Failure is the mother of success. |
A.The difficulty of life. | B.The role of hard work. |
C.The power of teamwork. | D.The need for dreaming big. |
A.He is not skilled. | B.He is not graceful. |
C.He sets a good example for kids. | D.He pays little attention to success. |
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