Wikimedia Community Malta

Wiki Loves Monuments

Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual international photographic competition based on the topic of built cultural heritage. It is one of the largest photographic competitions in the world.

Malta has been participating in Wiki Loves Monuments through Wikimedia Community Malta since 2016. Entries come from a list of monument in Malta, which is available on Wikipedia, based on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands (NICPMI).

How does it work?

Participants submit photos of relevant monuments/buildings to Wikimedia Commons using a Creative Commons license throughout the competition. Local winners are then selected by a local panel of judges. The judges also nominates up to 10 photographs to contest the international award, where the overall winner is selected by an international jury.

Competition rules

Every submission must be:

  • Self taken and self uploaded
  • Uploaded during the month of September of the same year
  • Freely licensed
  • Contain an identified monument

Please take photos with GPS turned on if possible.

When you create a Wikimedia account please include your email address so we can contact you if you win.


What can be photographed?

The subject matter of photos submitted to Wiki Loves Monuments must be related to monuments, understood to be any physical structure that was created to commemorate a person or event, or any physical structure of particular significance and relevance to a locality’s cultural heritage. The below are examples of structures that are eligible for this competition (the list is not exhaustive):

  • Monuments & statues
  • Church-related/religious monuments (e.g. effigies, temples)
  • Cenotaphs & memorials
  • Fountains
  • Graves, tombstones & mausoleums
  • Historical landmarks
  • Buildings, palaces, bastions, castles etc.

For more information, please refer to the list of eligible monuments on Wikipedia.

Important dates

1 September: Contest opens in Malta
30 September: Contest closes in Malta
October: Contest judging to select Malta top 10 to enter global contest
November: WLM Malta top 10 announced

Current edition

Previous editions

2024
Judges: tba
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2023
Judges: Mario Mintoff, Wojciech Pędzich, Claire Sinagra, Enriquè Tabone, and Matjaž Zaplotnik; the judging was coordinated by Toni Sant.
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2022
Judges: Sarah Borg, Rebecca Cachia, Mario Mintoff, Toni Sant, Claire Sinagra, and Marc Tanti; the judging was coordinated by Enriquè Tabone.
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2021
Judges: Kamy Aquilina, Sarah Borg, Davide Denti, Mario Mintoff, Toni Sant, and Andrea Stegani; the judging was coordinated by Enriquè Tabone.
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2020
Judges: Angie Balzan, Sarah Borg, Davide Denti, Mario Mintoff, Andrea Stegani, Enriquè Tabone; the judging is coordinated by Toni Sant.
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2019
Judges: Mārtiņš Bruņenieks, Glen Calleja, Kurt Meli, Russell Muscat, Letta Shtohryn, Enriquè Tabone; the judging was coordinated by Toni Sant.
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2018
Judges: Mario Mintoff, Russell Muscat, Alexandra Pace, Mykola Swarnyk; the judging was coordinated by Neville Borg.
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2017
Judges: Sabina Bonnici, Vanessa Ciantar, Charles Coleiro, Patrick Farrugia, Mario Mintoff, Richard Nevell; the judging was coordinated by Neville Borg.
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2016
Judges: Charles Coleiro, Isabella Mallia, Mario Mintoff, Rebecca O’Neill, Raffaella Zammit; the judging was coordinated by Neville Borg.
Statistics for this edition.

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