Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 in Zambia
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Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to promote historic sites around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Everybody can participate. By submitting your photos to the competition, you share and help preserve the cultural heritage of Zambia for all people in Zambia and the rest of the world to enjoy through the internet.
In October, you may upload as many pictures as you want of cultural sites that you have visited. Pictures don't have to be taken in October but must be uploaded during that month to be considered. If you upload your photos through another upload tool, please provide your photos with {{Wiki Loves Monuments 2026|zm}}. At the end of the month, the contest jury will begin evaluating the photographs and will choose the best 10 pictures of the monuments in Zambia, and ultimately in the world.
Find cultural heritage or monument
There are plenty of cultural heritage or monument sites in your region!
Capture Images
Bring your camera, and explore the monuments!
Upload
Upload your photograph of cultural heritage.
Winners
Please visit the winning photographs from this year's competition at the end of Oct, 2026.Prizes
Prizes
The top 10 photos qualify for the international final. The local Jury also awards local prizes within Zambia:
- Special prize
TBA
Why participate?
Zambia is a landlocked country, but with monuments wherever you go. In every corner, there are cultural heritage sites worth a visit. This competition is a great opportunity to bring your camera, go to the heritage sites listed, take some photos and show the planet and culture from your point of view to the rest of the world!
Participating in the competition is a great way to experiment and learn which photos that gain recognition. You certainly don't need to be a professional photographer to take photos useful for Wikipedia. Here's a great chance to try it out! Entries to the local competition are eligible for selection to the international finale and did we mention there are prizes to win?
Competition rules
We try to keep the competition clean and simple to participate. There are only a few rules for photos to participate in the contest in Zambia. Let's quickly go through them.
All entries must be your own work; do not manipulate original images and make sure that there is no visible watermarks.
All photos must be uploaded within October 2026, to be eligible.
All photos must be under a free license.
Participants must have an active email account.
Lists of eligible sites are published below.
Captions and description are required.
Make sure that you are not uploading duplicate images.
All photos must have at least 2Mpx.
Next to that, there are a few practical rules and advice:
Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikimedia Commons.
Name your photos well.
Upload images
Do not forget to add categories to your picture – it will be helpful to everyone looking for it!
Share your upload success on social media with our hashtag: #WLM2026.
And wait patiently for the results! All the best!
Organizing Team
- Wikimedia Zambia
- Louis Kanguya (Project Leader)
- Edward Phiri (Social Media)
- James Miti (Support)
- Jury
- Jason Mulikita
- Kasolo Lewanika
- Kanguya Chabota
Contact us
Please visit our facebook page for updates and other news.
The Jury
In October, you may upload as many pictures (old or new) as you want from the given monuments list that you have visited. At the end of the month, the national jury will evaluate the photographs and select the best 10 pictures of the cultural heritage monuments in Zambia to submit to represent in the international finale. If there are any doubts about the implementation of the rules, the jury decides.
Eligible objects
The competition name refers to monuments, but in the Zambian context, this is to be interpreted as anything from four types of heritage sites: protected buildings, ancient remains, working life museums, and cultural landscapes. Each of these sites are given unique identification numbers by official authorities and any official site is eligible. The lists below may not be fully up to date or shortened, and where the data differs all objects from the original data are valid objects.
The jury will determine the winners of the international contest taking into the consideration the following criteria (in no particular order):
- Technical quality (sharpness, use of light, perspective etc.);
- Originality;
- Usefulness of the image for Wikipedia.
Statistics
Total images uploaded in Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 in Zambia
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