Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to promote cultural monuments around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Starting from the Netherlands in 2010, organized on a European level in 2011 and went global in 2012.
Wikimedia Nepal has started Wiki Loves Monuments competition from 2013 and around 5,400+ pictures have been uploaded under creative commons license through this event. Everyone, be it a newbie or expert photographer can participate.
Join us contribute free-licensed photographs of cultural heritages in Nepal.
Share on your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc) using Our social media hashtags :#WLMNepal #WLM2017
Write a blog post about us
Take part in the competition
Support us with cameras to take photos, internet or space to upload photos
Invite us the cultural park or cultural heritage site you manage
Send us a message OR join us via nepaliwiki@gmail.com
Time Line
Start date: 1st September 2017
End date : 30th September 2017
Decision of Competition: end of October 2017
Prizes
Cash prizes will be awarded to best three photographs.
First Prize 15,000 NPR
Second Prize 10,000 NPR
Third Prize 5,000 NPR
Other categories
̽ Highest contributor (by number of photographs) will be awarded cash prize of NRs. 5,000
Top 5 contributors (by number of photographs) will be rewarded with a T-shirt
̽ Each photo contributor will be awarded a Certificate of Participation.
Contact us
Please join our facebook page and twitter page for updates and other news. For any queries regarding the competition and technical support please contact at nepaliwikigooglegroups.com
Detailed information about the competition can be found at out official pages linked below:
All entries must be your own work All photos must be uploaded within September 2017, to be eligible All photos must be licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 Participants must have an active email account, if the organizers wish to contact
How to participate
Prepare your photos of any Nepali cultural heritage sites Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikimedia Commons Name your photos well Use our Upload Button at the top ORClick here to upload as many as you can Share your upload success on social media with our hashtags: #WLMNepal #WLM2017. And wait patiently for the results! All the best!
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Banner Contest
This year, you can also upload photos in 7:1 aspect ratio, for use as page banners on Wikivoyage, the free travel guide. Check here for details. Please, use this link to upload.