Asheville Earth Day Photo Contest

Posted on by Alli Marshall

The first Earth Day was on April 20, 1970, and for the last 40-plus years the annual environmentally-minded celebration has taken on various forms and functions. Asheville Earth Day takes place on Saturday, April 21 on Lexington Ave. check the Facebook page for the upcoming lineup announcement. The festival is free to attend and is an all ages event. 

In the meantime, get involved with the just-announced Asheville Earth Day Photo Contest by submitting your work that you think best exemplifies Asheville Earth Day.

The contest is a collaboration between Asheville Earth Day Festival and Xpress.  Beginning today, Wednesday, Feb. 29, submissions are accepted through Facebook here. Photo entries are to be uploaded to the official Asheville Earth Day Facebook wall. Six winners will be selected, with the winning entries showcased each week, for six weeks, in an issue of Xpress in print or online at Mountainx.com. The first winner will be featured in in the March 14 issue;  The final winner will be announced on April 18.

Also, each winner receives two VIP passes to the 2012 Asheville Earth Day Festival. There is a limit of one prize per person, however, multiple submissions are allowed.

(Photo of the first Earth Day in 1970 from http://www.earthday.org.)

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About Alli Marshall
Alli Marshall has lived in Asheville for more than 20 years and loves live music, visual art, fiction and friendly dogs. She is the winner of the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize and the author of the novel "How to Talk to Rockstars," published by Logosophia Books. Follow me @alli_marshall
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One thought on “Asheville Earth Day Photo Contest”

  1. ashevillain7

    Will this be the first Asheville Earth Day Festival that is not taking place on a grass surface?

    It’s the first one I remember not taking place on some sort of lawn. Even if it’s not you’ve got to admit it’s still pretty ironic. An Earth Day Festival. In the middle of an asphalt street. Under a concrete bridge…with more asphalt on top. And on top of that? Automobiles traveling high rates of speed…exhausting fumes.

    Brilliant.

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