Thank you for your interest in The Upper New.
We are now accepting submissions to The Upper New Review for:
- Written works: prose and poetry.
- Audiovisual works.
- Research narratives.
- Stewardship stories.
- Bioregionalism
Click for details in each category below.
Find our complete submission guidelines on the Upper New Review: https://uppernewreview.org/submission-guidelines/
Learn more about The Upper New: uppernew.org.
We look forward to your submissions.
The Alleghany Arts Council invites artists of all ages to submit 2D artwork in any medium for eARTh: notes from the field, a community exhibition that explores themes related to the earth: our relationship to and/or with it, as home or shared space with other living things, a specific bioregion, ecological concerns and questions relevant to our time, or a celebration of nature and the natural world. Our scope is left intentionally broad to welcome artists working with varied approaches and ways of including “earth”-in material or concept- in their work.
This exhibition is presented by the Alleghany Arts Council as the closing event for Grow the Arts 2026, a community awareness and fundraising campaign, taking place on April 26, 2026, from 3-5pm at 27 on Main in Sparta, NC and is open to the public.
You may submit up to 3 digital entries for $5 entry fee and additional works for $5 each. Please submit one high quality image of each artwork not multiple images of the same piece.
Art will be selected for this show based on artistic quality, thematic relevance, and originality. Submissions must be created entirely through human effort and free from AI-generated content.
Deadline for submissions to be considered for eARTh: notes from the field is April 10, 2026 and we will send notification of acceptance April 11, 2026.
Once you receive notification of selection of work it will need to be postmarked to us by April 18th to ensure delivery before the show. Additionally, you must include a pre-paid return label to have your work(s) returned to you.
If you are delivering by hand, arrangements will need to be made to deliver work to the AAC Office at 115 Atwood Street #410 on or before April 22nd.
If you have any questions or are unable to use our form, please email info@alleghanyartscouncil.org.
If you are unable to mail or deliver work for this exhibition but want to be included in the Alleghany Arts Council’s artist directory or future calls for shows you may use the form to submit samples of your work and your information.
Thank you!