Конкурсы/Узнай Россию. Начни с Дона - 2 Тур/en

Discover Russia. Start from Don — Round 2

«Discover Russia. Start from Don» — is a thematic writing contest dedicated to Rostov Oblast memorable sights, as well as rich literary heritage of the Don River Area. The contest, organized for the 80th anniversary of Rostov Oblast, is held in two nominations.

Nomination #1 — «Read local» — articles in any language, dedicated to life and contributions of classical writers, related to the Don River Area (Chekhov, Sholokhov, Solzhenitsyn, Kalinin, Zakrutkin, Serafimovich, Nikulin and others), works, films around them, characters and places.

Nomination #2 — articles in any language except Russian, about everything that can be linked to memorable places of Rostov Oblast worthy of special attention, known or famous for something, such as historical heritage sites, places of natural or artistic value. + (Special nomination) - special monetary prizes of 10 000 rubles each to five authors that contribute greatest number of best articles in five official UN languages other than Russian: Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish.

Nomination #3 — «Wikipedia helpers» — Various materials in line with the contest topic published within last three years in publications & media, meeting criteria to be classified as Reliable sources. Reliable sources can also include mass media websites (ex. electronic versions of newspapers), municipality administration, executive and representative government, different educational establishments (and their museums) websites, libraries, clubs, public and private museums, NGO websites as well as publications in printed media (books, journals and magazines, newspapers). See additional information in «Thematic content creation» contest guide rules (in Russian only).

«Baton race» special nomination - «Association of honorary citizens, mentors and talented youth» is offering prize money of 100 000 rubles towards a similar "Discover Russia" writing and photo contest dedicated to memorable places of the region, whose residents will be most active in this contest stage (computed as the share of working-age residents that took part in the contest).

Writing contest runs from June 1st through November 15th of year 2017.

Nominations

The contest has three nominations (+ special nomination):

• 1. «Read local». New articles in any language, dedicated to life and contributions of classical writers, related to the Don River Area
• 2. New articles about memorable places and touristic destinations of Rostov Oblast in any language except Russian.
• 3. «Thematic content creation».
• 4. «Baton race» special nomination.

Rules

• The contest is open to all registered Users irrespective of time since their registration.
• Assessment criteria:
  • The article must be created or improved in Russian or respective other section languages within the period starting 1 Jun 2017 through 15 Nov 2017.
  • The article must be created or significantly improved by the contest participant; previously created articlea must be improved by adding at least 150 words.
  • Newly created article must be at least 2000 bytes and 150 words.
  • Article topic must meet notability criteria, article should show sources.
• Created or improved article must be included into the table below (done by contestants).

Proposed article topics

• Rostov Oblast - Memorable places/For creation  (рус.)
• Rostov Oblast - Literary heritage/For creation  (рус.)

Contest organizers

Prize pool

Contest prize money is offered by «Association of honorary citizens, mentors and talented youth». Total prize pool (including special prizes and «Baton race» special nomination pool) amounts to 336 thousand rubles. General pool amounts to 280 000 rubles.

Seven winners are identified in each of 3 nominations:

1. I place — 20 000 rubles
2. II place — 15 000 rubles
3. III place — 10 000 rubles
4. IV place — 7 000 rubles
5. V place — 5 000 rubles
6. VI place — 3 000 rubles
7. VII place — 2 000 rubles

In nomination #2, top contributors into Wikipedias in UN official languages other than Russian (i.e. Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish) will get additional 10 thousand ruble prize each, on top of whatever place they receive otherwise.

The jury reserves the right to abstain from awarding some prizes in nominations when the number of contributions or participants in the category is low (under 7). To receive their prizes, winners will need to provide their contact data and bank card details.

Nomination 1. New articles in any language, dedicated to life and contributions of classical writers, related to the Don River Area

Disclamer

1. Contest organizers cannot not to be responsible in case contest participants infringe on third-party copyright.
2. Organizers are not responsible for possible deletion of Wikipedia pages created by contest participants.

Additional contacts

Email: info@wikimedia.ru

Contest jury (principle nominations)

• JukoFF
• Dmitry Rozhkov
• Fil211

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