City of Columbia to host #LoveColumbia photo challenge

The #LoveColumbia Photo Challenge is a City initiative that encourages citizens of Columbia to submit photos via social media of the images they love in the city. The City of Columbia Photo Challenge, #LoveColumbia, began in 2014 as a way to increase community engagement, expand public knowledge of the City’s social media sites and increase the use of technology to interact with citizens. To enter the contest, you must tag the City of Columbia on the social media platform and use #LoveColumbia Photo Challenge to identify a contest entry.

WHO: City of Columbia

WHAT: Citizens are tasked with submitting images, which includes landscapes, structures, buildings or historical monuments to enter the contest. The photos MUST include images that are within the city limits. The winning photo will be based on the total number of “likes, favorites, retweets, etc. that are received by June 25, 2018.  To enter the contest, social media users must tag the City of Columbia on the social media platform and use #LoveColumbia Photo Challenge to identify a contest entry.

There will be three photos chosen and they will include one photo from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The winner will be decided by the number of votes from followers on each of the social media platforms.

WHEN: The #LoveColumbia Photo Challenge will held on the City’s Facebook,

Instagram and Twitter media platforms June 6, 2018 – June 25, 2018.

WHERE: City limits of Columbia, South Carolina