Wikipedia Wiki Science South Africa Competition 2023

Organisation : Wikimedia Community South Africa
Competition Name : Wikipedia Wiki Science Competition 2023
Applicable For : All
Prize : R3000
Last Date : 31st January 2024
Website : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Science_Competition_2023_in_South_Africa

What is Wikipedia Wiki Science Competition?

Wiki Science South Africa 2023 is a scientific photo contest for research photographs organised by Wikimedia Community South Africa aiming to promote and engage people with science in South Africa and beyond. The competition runs from 1 December 2023 to 31 January 2024. Wikimedia South Africa is organising the South African arm of the competition. A very special category for Wiki Science in South Africa is the Fynbos category. Wiki Science South Africa 2023 is part of the international Wiki Loves Science photography competition

Related / Similar Competition : Tru-Cape Fruit-Full Fun Frenzy Competition 2024

Eligibility of Wikipedia Wiki Science Competition

To participate, you must:
** Be the author of pictures/submissions you upload.
** Must have the rights (copyright) to upload your submissions.
** The photographs should be of a high quality and large size, and need to have a good description including what the image depicts, how and where it was made, and what is important to notice about it (please including any links to peer-reviewed publications if appropriate, not required but a very nice thing to have).

How To Enter in the Wikipedia Wiki Science Competition?

Use the Wikimedia Commons category: Images from Wiki Science Competition 2023 in South Africa to enter your pictures into the competition; alternatively you can press the blue button above on this page to submit your photographs. It is encouraged to add the images to other additional appropriate Commons categories. For more details, see the full international rules.

Click Here To upload Your Pictures : https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wsc-za

Categories of Wikipedia Wiki Science Competition

The competition is divided into seven categories. The South African jury will select five finalists from each category to submit to the international competition.

The categories are:
** Fynbos. Do you have any pictures of fynbos plant species? This is a very special category for us given the need for pictures of fynbos species on Wikipedia. Special prizes will be awarded for winning pictures of South African fynbos. Fynbos submissions will be submitted to the global competition under the ‘Wildlife and Nature’ category.
** People in science. Got a photograph of a notable scientist you’ve always wanted to share? Perhaps a photograph of your dissertation advisor or colleague? We want your photos of scientists!
** Microscopy. Photos of small things can be big contributions!
** Astronomy. Photos of big things can be big contributions too!
** Non-photographic media. For those really cool diagrams you have made; or a computer-generated image; or even audio or video of a research result, or a scientific method being performed.
** Image sets. This category is for sets of multiple thematically linked images.
** Wildlife and nature. A category for wild organisms you find growing or living in nature, including macro photography.
** General. Everything else. Examples include: archaeology, volcanology, X-ray images, …

Note:
The judges will also select an overall first and second place winning photograph. There is a special prize for the first and second place winning photograph in the Fynbos category. For the international copetition the fynbos finalists will be submitted under the “wildlife and nature” category.

Prizes of Wikipedia Wiki Science Competition

All prizes will be given in the form of Amazon gift vouchers.

Prizes for all categories combined, except the fynbos category, are:
** First prize: R3000
** Second prize: R1500

Winning pictures in the fynbos category are:
** First prize: R3000
** Second prize: R1500

What is the Last Date of Wikipedia Wiki Science Competition?

Last Date of Wikipedia Wiki Science Competition is 31st January 2024