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UPPERCASE 71 The path to inspiration

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Where and how do you find inspiration? If Inspiration were a place, draw a map or create a diagram about how to find it.

A selection of submissions will be published in UPPERCASE issue #71 (Oct-Nov-Dec 2026) and/or the UPPERCASE newsletter. Please proofread everything before you press submit.

* MAKE YOUR WORK IN ONE OF THESE REQUIRED PROPORTIONS *

vertical: 7.125" wide by 9.625" tall

narrow vertical: 3.4625” wide by 9.625” tall

horizontal: 7.125” wide by 4.7125” tall

Deadline: July 7 at 11:59pm MDT

SUBMITTER INFORMATION

⬆ Double-check. Did you spell your name correctly?

⬆ If you make an error in your email, then you won't receive news about your submission. Your email address won't be published.

Listing your website and/or Instagram is optional. If you include them here, they will be published in print.

Please fill in your location without abbreviations. Your location will be published.

Compose a title for your submission.

Please read and check the following conditions to participate. If you do not confirm each statement, your submission will be disqualified.

confirm humanity

You confirm that you are the creator and author of the work and that you are not infringing on anyone's copyrighted material.

By submitting to this open call, you attest that this work is 100% your own and that you have not used AI (generative AI or any LLMs) in any way to produce the artwork or to write this submission in whole or in part.

You are allowing UPPERCASE to publish the work in print, digitally and on our website and in any related magazine productions and promotions. The artist will always be credited. Copyright remains with the artist.

Click here if you've never been published in an UPPERCASE publication before. (We like to highlight work from new submitters when we can—and with 70 previous issues, this is a quick way for you to let me know that you haven't been published in UPPERCASE yet.)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

To accompany your artwork, please describe your own path to inspiration. This form accepts 200-800 characters (characters, not words!!!); both letters and spaces are included in the character count.

IMAGES

Only one artwork per submission. Your file should be a jpg at least at 300dpi (bigger is better for print purposes), saved with your full name so that it matches exactly the name you've entered above. No composite images or watermarks. No AI-generated or AI-assisted imagery.

Accepts .jpg, .jpeg files

Please click the following category button.

submission category

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Upon submitting, you will receive an email to confirm that your submission has been uploaded. UPPERCASE will notify submitters in August 2026 about the publication status of their submission. Thank you.