Wiki Loves Africa Photo Contest

Application Deadline: April 15th 2020

Wiki Loves Africa is an annual contest where anyone across Africa can contribute media that relates to that year’s theme to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wiki Loves Africa encourages participants to contribute media (photographs, video and audio) that illustrate the specific theme for that year.

Each year the theme changes. Each year’s theme is chosen by the community to be a universal, visually-rich and culturally-specific topics (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc).

The theme for the 2020 contest is… Africa on the Move or Transport.

The theme Africa on the Move! encourages the submission of visual representations of movement, migration or transportation, whether local or regional, by path, road, sea, or air, self-propelled, or by animal, natural or mechanical means. Submissions could also capture the historical or contemporary structures that have been created to facilitate movement or the transportation of people, goods, or animals.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: The entry deadline for Wiki Loves Africa has been extended to *15th APRIL 2020*. This is due to the global health crisis with all Wikimedia related events being cancelled. We urge people to stay at home and upload already existing images that are sitting on their hard drives at home. #StayAtHome

Prizes

There are several prizes up for grabs, both nationally and internationally. For national prizes, please see what events are being held locally in your country.

At the international level, there are 3 main prizes for Wiki Loves Africa, and as with last year, there will be two additional prize categories for photos and media.
The international prizes are:

1st prize: US$1000
2nd prize: US$800
3rd prize: US$500

Additional categories are:

Culturally specific or traditional representations of transport or structures that facilitate transportation : US$500
Prize for best quality video (audio and visual quality and storytelling will be taken into account): $500

Each winner will also receive a pack of goodies (proposed: a hat “I edit Wikipedia from Africa”, a branded battery, stickers)

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Wiki Loves Africa Photo Contest 2020

Submission Deadline: January 31st 2017

Wiki Loves Africa is a photo competition to share the daily practices of people across the continent with each other and the rest of the world, via Wikipedia.

Wiki Loves Africa is a public annual contest where people across Africa can contribute media (photographs, video and audio) about their environment to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Wiki Loves Africa particularly encourages participants to contribute media that illustrate a specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes and could include any universal, visually rich and culturally specific topic (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc).

The project is run across the whole continent, however, some specific actions (training, communication etc.) are held in some countries with national organisers.

The competition scope is: submissions that promotes Africa’s rich heritage and culture expressed through music, song, dance, and movement.

Prizes:

What prizes are up for grabs?

1st prize: US$600 + see below
2nd prize: US$400 + see below
3rd prize: US$200 + see below
Community Prize: US$200 + see below

Each winner will also receive a year’s subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan, and a portable power pack.

Competition rules

Images submitted to the Wiki Loves Africa contest may win prizes! There are a few rules to respect for the images to be eligible.

Rule 1: All photos must be taken by the person submitting them. They can be either self-uploaded or uploaded during a registered mass upload session.
Rule 2: Upload can only be done in December 2016 and January 2017. But you can enter media that was taken at any time, even historical photographs (as long as you own the copyright on these photographs).
Rule 3: Images must be free of watermarks or embedded signatures to be eligible. All entries will automatically be submitted under a free licence such as Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA 4.0) (or in the public domain). Read more about the cc-by-sa license here.
Rule 4: All eligible pictures will be categorised under Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2016, this will be automatically assigned during the upload process.
Rule 5: Participants should enable e-mail on Wikimedia Commons so they can be contacted should their image be chosen for a prize.

Wiki Loves Africa Photo Contest 2020 ($USD 2,000+ Prize)

Wiki Loves Africa Photo Contest 2016 ($USD 1,000+ Prize Plus a Year Subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan)

What prizes are up for grabs?