BOONE — Following last year’s 20th anniversary celebration for the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition, the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is calling for entries to this year’s upcoming 21st Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition exhibition.

Inspired by the Banff Centre’s Mountain Photo Competition, the AMPC is updating its submission process to a single-image and series submission format. The single-image submission application will be the most familiar to previous AMPC artists. Instead of submitting images to themed categories, artists can submit 1-5 standalone photos aligned with the theme of “Roots, Ground, Water, Seeds” for $10. Building on last year’s exhibition featuring photographic series, AMPC is offering a series submission option where artists can share 6-12 images from a singular body of work for $15. Selected artists from this category will show six images from their submitted series, highlighting the AMPC’s vision to support the expansion of Appalachian narratives. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 18.