The authors of the best photos in each category will receive a one-year subscription to ZPS X from the contest partner Zoner. This is an advanced program that will help you make your photos even better! The winner in each category will receive a voucher for photo services worth 1,000 CZK from Centrum Fotoškoda.
What is Czech Wiki Photo?
Czech Wiki Photo is a contest organized annually by Wikimedia Czech Republic, in which any amateur or professional photographer working in the Czech Republic can participate. The aim of the Czech Wiki Photo contest is to promote free creativity and its accessibility for all. The contest aims to encourage authors of high quality and unique photos uploaded to the free Wikimedia Commons repository.
What is Wikimedia Commons?
If Wikimedia Commons suddenly disappeared, Wikipedia would be left without photos. It would also make it harder for journalists, who often use free photos for articles. Wikimedia Commons is a central repository of photos, videos, illustrations, and other royalty-free content that can be used by anyone and in any way they want, provided certain conditions are met.
The principle of free content is one of the cornerstones of Wikipedia and helps build a world in which everyone has free access to all human knowledge and the right to freely contribute to it.
Why you should do it. Show your work to the world
The authors of the best photos in each category will receive a one-year subscription to ZPS X from contest partner Zoner. This is an advanced program that will help you make your photos even better! The winner in each competition category will receive a voucher for photo services worth 1,000 CZK from Centrum Fotoškoda.
The best will also receive Wikipedia awards and small prizes. In addition, the best photo taken by a newcomer to Wikipedia will be awarded. In addition, all winning photos will be exhibited in the Didaktikon Gallery of the Hibernian Campus in Prague in January and February 2023.
Keep an eye on the Wikimedia Commons discussion page – this is the main communication channel that will be used to contact you if you win.
In addition to technical quality and artistic value, contest photos will also be judged on their contribution to Wikipedia. What this means. The most useful photos are unique shots that will serve as images in Wikipedia articles. A photo of an ordinary dog or cat does not fulfill the uniqueness requirement. When uploading a photo, try to think about what Wikipedia article it might illustrate and describe it as accurately as possible to enhance its encyclopedic potential.
Learn more about the content here via the link https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Czech_Wiki_Photo
