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Artist Alley

NinerCon 2027Saturday, February 20, 2027

The Artist Alley is a row of tables where UNC Charlotte student artists show (and sell) their work to everyone at the event. There's no table fee. We review every application after the deadline — the work itself (craft, originality), how it fits the event, and a good mix across the alley, with room saved for first-time sellers. We'll email your university address either way, and accepted artists confirm their table from the link in that email.

Apply by Jan 30, 11:59 PM· accepted applicants confirm by Feb 6, 11:59 PM

You

Full name *

As on your ID — your artist name comes next.

Email *

Your UNC Charlotte email (…@charlotte.edu). Your receipt and decision go here.

About you

I'm a currently enrolled UNC Charlotte student (undergrad or grad) *

The Artist Alley at this event is for students. Use your university email above — your receipt and decision go there — and bring your student ID.

I'm 18 or older *

Year

Major or program

Discord username

So staff can reach you on the day.

Phone number

Only for the day of the event — never shared.

Your work

Show us what you'd bring. We look at the work itself (craft, originality), how it fits the event, and a good mix across the alley.

Artist or shop name *

How you'll be listed. Your own name is fine.

About your work *

2–3 sentences. If you're accepted and opt in, it's shown on the event's Artist Alley page.

Links to your work *

One per line, up to 5: Instagram, a portfolio site, Linktree, a Google Drive folder set so anyone with the link can view. Show at least 10 pieces like the ones you'd bring, on links that open without signing in. A Drive, Dropbox or other file-share link is just for us: if you're listed on the Artist Alley page, it shows up to 3 of your other links.

Process work

Optional — links to sketches, line art, a work-in-progress or a timelapse. It's how we tell hand-made work from AI.

What you'll bring *

Fandoms or genres you'll bring

Optional — “Genshin, JJK, original fantasy”. It helps us balance the alley.

How much of it is fan art? *

Most of your items cost

Have you sold at an event before?

Your table

A table is a 6-ft table and 2 chairs (a half table is 3 ft and 1 chair).

Table *

Anyone you'd like to be seated near?

Optional — a friend or a club. We'll try.

A photo of a past table, or a mock-up of your set-up

Optional — a link (Instagram post, Google Drive image…). It helps us plan the alley.

What you'll need

When will you be at your table? *

The event is planned for Sat, Feb 20, 10 AM–8 PM — final hours coming soon. It starts on the whole event — change it if you can only be there part of the time.

From

10 AM–8 PM

Accessibility needs, or anything else we should plan for

If I'm waitlisted, I could take a table that opens up last-minute (up to the day before)

Selling at this event

No table fee, and Niner Esports never handles money for artists. Here's how selling works at this event: • List what you'll bring in your own online shop (Etsy, Shopify, Big Cartel, Ko-fi, Square Online…) — people can order before the event, too. • At the event, people browse your table and order on your shop from their phone — we print a QR code to it for your table. You hand over what they ordered. • Your shop takes the payment (on marketplaces like Etsy, the sales tax too). Your sales, and any taxes on them, are your own.

Your online shop (where people order) *

Etsy, Shopify, Big Cartel, Ko-fi, Square Online, Storenvy… We print a QR code to it for your table. Not a Drive, Dropbox or other file-share link: those stay with us, off your card. A Google Form is fine.

Niner Esports may share my work, credited, on its socials to promote the Artist Alley

If I'm accepted, list me on the event's public Artist Alley page (my artist name, blurb and links)

Anything else

How did you hear about this?

Anything else we should know?

Artist Alley agreement

Niner Esports is a registered UNC Charlotte student organization. Tick each line to apply. Breaking these can mean losing your table on the day — and not getting one next time.

1.I'm a currently enrolled UNC Charlotte student, I'm 18 or older, and I'll show my student ID when I check in.
2.Everything at my table is my own work — original art, or fan art I made myself. No AI-generated or AI-assisted work, no tracing (pixel sprites included) or photo-bashing, no bootlegs, counterfeits or official art, and no resold merch. I'll show process work (sketches, line art, a work in progress) if asked.
3.Everything I show or sell is suitable for all ages: no nudity or sexual content, nothing sexualizing minors or characters who are minors, no graphic gore, and no hate symbols.
4.I'll sell only the way this event allows, as described in the form. Niner Esports charges no table fee and never handles money for artists: my sales, payments and any taxes on them are my own responsibility.
5.No raffles, no free gifts that need a purchase, no food or drink sales, and nothing the Student Union bans: weapons or realistic replicas, candles or open flame, fog or smoke machines, glitter, confetti, or straw and other dry plant material.
6.At most two people behind my table, and only people named on applications sell at it. I'll keep everything inside my space — nothing in the walkway or on the walls — keep the volume low, and I won't call out to people walking by.
7.I'll follow the UNC Charlotte Code of Student Responsibility, the Student Union's rules and the Niner Esports staff on the day, including set-up and pack-up times. I'll be at my table for the hours I gave on this form, and if I have to leave sooner, I'll tell the organizers before I pack up. If I'm not set up 30 minutes after doors open and haven't told the organizers, my table may go to someone on the waitlist.
8.I'm responsible for my work and belongings: Niner Esports and UNC Charlotte aren't liable for loss, theft or damage, and don't insure artists' goods. If my plans change I'll withdraw from my status page as early as I can — a no-show without telling the organizers may affect future applications.
9.Niner Esports may photograph and film the event, including the Artist Alley, for its website and socials.

Type your full name to sign *

Typing your name and ticking every line is signing this agreement. We keep a copy of the exact words you agreed to.

We only use what you send to run this event. Contact details are seen by the organizers, never published.