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UPPERCASE 72 fragile, delicate, ethereal, glass, transparency

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fragile / delicate / ethereal / glass / transparency

Share your creative projects and artwork that have one or all of these traits.

A selection of submissions will be published in UPPERCASE issue #72 (Jan-Feb-Mar 2027) and/or the UPPERCASE newsletter.

Deadline: October 1st at 5pm 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.

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.

Optional: check 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 71 previous issues, this is a quick way of you letting me know that you haven't been published in UPPERCASE yet.)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Please describe your creative project. For example, how and why is it fragile, delicate or ethereal? What inspired you to create it? This form accepts 200-800 characters; spaces are included in the character count.

IMAGES

Upload up to 6 images. Files should be saved as a jpg at least 6 inches wide 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 digital renderings. No AI-generated or AI-assisted imagery.

Accepts .jpg, .jpeg files

Please click the following category button.

submission category

72 delicate

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