Wiki Loves Monuments is a public photo competition in which readers and contributors of Wikimedia projects are asked to take pictures of monuments from participating countries and to upload them to Wikimedia Commons. The contest was first organized in 2010 in the Netherlands and is nowadays organized in countries around the world. Wiki Loves Monuments has collected some 2 million photos over the past years that can be used on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, and is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest photography competition in the world.
The photo competition focuses on built heritage. Photographers, hobbyists and heritage enthusiasts are invited to submit photos of buildings that are on the lists of built heritage that are available through Wikipedia and Wikidata. The definition of what constitutes a 'monument' differs a lot, depending on the country. The national organizers are responsible for finding the most suitable definition for their country, usually there is an official list of protected or recognized heritage provided by the government. Images can only be submitted of monuments in 'participating countries'.
There are, however, several general recommendations which are common for all participating countries in order to make the contests compatible with each other; these recommendations (or rules) will be outlined below.
Rules
There is a basic set of rules which are common for all participating countries in order to make the contests compatible with each other; these rules to run the contest are:
All photos participating in the competition should be self-taken and self-uploaded;
Upload to Wikimedia Commons is possible only in the month of September;
The default licence is Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA 4.0);
All eligible pictures should have an identifier like listed in ASI site, listed in municipality site or mentioned or documented in any books, journals or any renowned magazines. Although having an identifier is not compulsory.
In case the monument is mentioned in -
Books, then mention the name of the books, name of the author, page number, name of the publishers, publication date, ISBN number etc.
Journals, then mention the name of the journal, author Name, title of the publication, year of publication, DOI number etc.
Renowned magazines then mention the name of the name of the magazine, name of the author, volume no. date of publication, ISSN Number.
Competition Schedule
The competition will happen on any 30/31 days from 1 September, 2021 to 30 November, 2021 worldwide. In India, it will happen from 1 September, 2021 to 30 September, 2021. The national jury team will judge the photographs from 1 October, 2021 to 31 October, 2021 and declare the first 10 selected photographs from the country publicly. These images will represent India in the international competition, which will be taken over by international jury team, who will have the entire month of January, 2021 to judge the photographs. The international winners will be declared on February, 2021.
You can upload as many pictures as you can of as many monuments as you can
Prizes
1st: INR 12,000 worth gift voucher...
2nd: INR 10,000 worth gift voucher...
3rd: INR 8,000 worth gift voucher...
...and many more for other winners...
Judging criteria
Effort put into researching the subject and taking the image
Quality of description provided in any language
Value in terms of usage on any Wikimedia project
Value based on uniqueness
Technical quality (sharpness, use of light, perspective, composition, etc.)
Grounds for rejection
suspected of copyright violation
lack of full EXIF information
excessive processing & use of unrealistic filters
lack of proper title to identify the monument
vague or unfaithful documentation
presence of watermarks
resolution below 6 megapixel.
This blog aims to provide uptodate information on various competitions for Indian students 
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