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UPPERCASE 68 The Elements in Craft

How do the elements (earth, water, air and fire) inspire, inform or affect your art or craft?

For example, do you make things out of earth? Is water (or ice) integral to your process? Does air, wind, or weather factor into your creation? Do you make prints with sunlight or need the heat of a flame to create?

A selection of submissions will be published in UPPERCASE issue #68 (Jan-Feb-March 2026) and/or the UPPERCASE newsletter.

Deadline: October 8 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.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

How do the elements (earth, water, air and fire) inspire, inform or affect your art or craft? What physical and creative processes are integral to its creation? This form will accept 200-800 characters, where spaces also count as characters.

IMAGES

Upload up to 5 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, please.

Accepts .jpg, .jpeg files

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68 Elements in Craft

You will receive a confirmation email to confirm that your submission was uploaded. UPPERCASE will notify submitters in November 2025 about the publication status of their submission. Thank you.