Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 in Serbia
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Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photography competition dedicated to documenting and promoting cultural heritage sites through Wikimedia projects, primarily Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Everyone is welcome to participate.
The 2026 competition in Serbia runs from 1 to 31 October. By uploading your photographs under a free license, you help document Serbia’s cultural heritage and make it more accessible through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. The ten best photographs selected by the national jury will represent Serbia in the international competition.
Participate
Find a registered cultural heritage site and upload a photo you have taken of it to the Wikimedia Commons:
Prizes
1st prize: 35,000 RSD
2nd prize: 23,000 RSD
3rd prize: 17,000 RSD
Prize for the participant with the most eligible uploads: 5,000 RSD
The top-ten photos will all receive a certificate and be submitted to the international competition.
Why participate?
Help Wikipedia document historically significant buildings and historical sites.
A nice challenge to improve your photography skills.
Compete for prizes in both the national and international competitions.
Competition rules
To participate in the Serbian competition, each submission must meet the following requirements:
- The photograph must be your own work and must be uploaded by you.
- Photographs may have been taken at any time, including before the competition, but they must be uploaded between 1 and 31 October 2026.
- The photograph must depict an eligible immovable cultural heritage site included in the Serbian competition lists.
- The name and official identification number of the cultural heritage site must be provided during the upload process.
- Photographs must be uploaded through the official competition form.
- Each photograph must be published under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
- Digital editing must not mislead the viewer. Basic corrections of exposure, colour, contrast, perspective and similar technical adjustments are permitted.
- Participants must have a confirmed email address connected to their Wikimedia Commons account so that the organizing team can contact them if necessary.
- A photograph that is deleted from Wikimedia Commons or found to be ineligible cannot be considered by the jury.
- Participants are responsible for complying with applicable laws and rules while taking and uploading photographs.
When photographing cultural heritage sites, please respect access restrictions, the privacy of other people, your own safety and the protection of the site.
Copyright and authorship
Only photographs created by the participant may be submitted. Images copied from websites, social media, institutional collections or other sources are not eligible.
The organizing team may verify the origin of a submission and request additional information or an original file if there is reasonable doubt about authorship. Copyright violations may be deleted from Wikimedia Commons in accordance with Commons policies.
More details...
The Central Register of Immovable Cultural Heritage of Serbia currently contains 2,658 registered sites: 2,277 monuments of culture, 97 spatial cultural-historical units, 203 archaeological sites and 81 landmarks.
Only sites included in the official Serbian competition lists are eligible. Participants should provide the name and identification number of the depicted site.
For a historic place to count for the contest, it must be recognized by an authoritative organization as a cultural heritage site. Explore your local community and see what's out there!
Contact us!
There are a few ways to get in touch:
- Post on our talk page
- Email us at info
wlm.rs - Reach out to us on Official Site
Organizing Team include:
- Wikimedia Community from Serbia
Winners 2025
Last year's WLM winners
Judging
Criteria
After the submission period closes, the national jury will evaluate the eligible photographs. The following criteria will be considered:
- composition and overall visual quality;
- technical quality, including sharpness, lighting and perspective;
- originality and creativity;
- documentary and encyclopedic value;
- usefulness of the photograph for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
The subject of the photograph must remain clearly identifiable. Questions concerning eligibility and the interpretation of the national rules will be decided by the organizing team and the jury.
Jury
The jury will evaluate the photographs during November 2026 and select the ten best submissions. The three highest-ranked photographs will receive the national monetary prizes, while the ten selected photographs will represent Serbia in the international competition.
The names and biographies of the jury members will be announced before the judging process begins.
Header photograph: Beograd Hram Svetog Save Mozaik by Ivanpancic, CC BY-SA 4.0.