Monthly article writing competition by Nyaya Mantra
Nyaya Mantra is pleased to announce a monthly article writing
competition. Every month we will select the top 10 published articles
from Nyaya Mantra blog and award them a Certificate of Excellence. Moreover,
the top 3 articles from those get a reward i.e., of ₹500 (for
first winner) and ₹250 each (for second and third
winner). This is not restricted to any particular month. Still, we go
around the year, January to December (what counts as the effective date for
this purpose is the day of publication and not the day of submission), each and
every month unless we suspend or cancel the competition at any time.
One person can submit as many articles as they wish and as frequently as
they want to. And submitting more articles will increase your chances of
winning.
We hope that the competition will help in motivating the law students to
write good articles and get them published on this legal blog – The Nyaya
Mantra blog. We expect this to serve two great purposes: one is to encourage law
students to write good legal articles and other is to make legal information
and knowledge easily accessible.
All the necessary details related to the competition are available
below. In case of any confusion, please contact at teamnyayamantra@gmail.com
Submission
Guidelines
Perks
- Top 3 submissions of every month will get a cash prize i.e., of ₹500 (for first winner) and ₹250 each (second and third winner).
- Top 10 participants would get a certificate of excellence and the chance to intern at the Nyaya Mantra blog if they wish.
- Best articles (including the ones mentioned above) will get published on this legal blog- the Nyaya Mantra blog.
Eligibility
Any person and every person who wants to submit an article on a legal
topic which meets the below-mentioned criteria are eligible to submit the
article for the competition.
Articles published in a particular month will be eligible to be
considered for the competition during that month only and no other month.
Topics
Submissions on any legal topic would be accepted. We would also consider
articles on the legal industry, legal career, the legal profession etc.
Word Limit
The article should be a minimum of 2000 words (and maximum
of 5000 words while it is best if all relevant points considering the
title are mentioned in the article).
Assessment criteria
If more people read your article, like it, engage with it, share it and
comment on it, we take that as a sign that your article is well received, and
this is something we would take into consideration while deciding the winners,
apart from the quality and exhaustiveness of the article.
It may so happen that we do not find three articles to select because
they do not meet the following criteria, in which case we will not consider
sub-par articles for the rewards. We may announce two or fewer winners or even
none at all if the articles do not meet quality standards.
Your articles will be marked on the following points. You should meet
the following criteria to qualify to win:
1. The article should
meet professional standards and be of publishable quality.
2. Any plagiarism will
make the article non-publishable on the Nyaya Mantra blog and thus, they would
be rejected.
3. The content
shouldn’t be too dense/ technical for a reader. The concepts and case laws
covered in the content should be easily understandable and mentioned in the
simplest yet grammatically correct form.
4. Content should not
be ambiguous or should not have multiple meanings.
5. It should be
detailed and exhaustive. Answer all the questions that may come to one’s mind
regarding the topic. However, do not deviate and write irrelevant things to
make up the word count. Content needs to be genuine and strictly relevant.
6. Information and law
should be accurate. Relevant sections referred to must be mentioned everywhere
and the cases must have citations. If this criterion is not met, we cannot
select your article.
7. You have to be
straight to the point and precise. No beating around the bush.
8. The idea should be
communicated clearly and distinctly.
9. Inconsistent
technical terms should not be used in the document.
10. Acronyms used in
the articles should be explained.
11. Important points
should be properly highlighted, and the paragraphs should have proper headings
and subheadings.
12. Information should
not be repetitive.
13. You should avoid
over-exaggeration or over-explanation of concepts.
14. The article should
be in a proper flow. Paragraphs/ sentences/ headings/ sub-headings (select as
appropriate) should be connected with the previous and subsequent paragraph/
sentence/ heading/ sub-heading (select as appropriate).
15. Sentences and
bullet points should be complete sentences.
16. All the judgments
or statutory instruments should be hyperlinked. Non-functional/ not updated to
the latest amendment links should not be inserted.
Note: Hyperlinks are to be like this: In X vs. Z, 2020 Supreme Court
(see here). If materials are shared in print only (and there is no online
mode), simply add the link under the “References” heading at the end of the
article.
[Ctrl + Shift + K is the Google Keyboard Shortcut for inserting a
hyperlink].
1. All the sources of
the information should be acknowledged and hyperlinked to the same.
2. Heading should not
be marked as subheadings (and vice-versa).
3. Unoriginal content
shall be unacceptable.
4. Formatting
standards should be followed.
5. Editors discretion
is final regarding winners.
Date of Submission
Last day of every month will be considered as the last day of submission
for that month. All the articles submitted after last day of the month will, by
default be considered for next month. This is a monthly competition. The month
will be considered to start every first day of month and end on every last day
of month.
Mail your write-ups
on Email Id:
Declaration of
results
Results will be declared within 30 days from the last
day of submission (30 days from last day of that month).
Exclusive license
By submitting your article for this competition, you are giving Nyaya
Mantra exclusive and unlimited license, without any restriction of time or
geographical restriction, to publish your article on Nyaya Mantra blog, as well
as any other compendium where we may like to publish it. Quid pro quo is the
opportunity to participate in the competition. However, if we do not publish
your article within 15 days of submission, we would have no rights to your
article, and you would be free to publish it elsewhere or use it as you deem
fit. However, if we publish it, you will not attempt to publish the same
article/content anywhere else.
Points to keep in
mind regarding the format of the blog
1. Headings: Font Size
16, BOLD
2. Sub Headings: Font
Size 14, BOLD ITALIC
3. Content: Font Size
12, NORMAL
4. Font: Times New
Roman
5. Line Spacing (main
text): 1.15
6. References: You
have to mention all the sources you referred to while writing the article.
7. Structure of the
article should be well constructed, i.e., must include every possible aspect of
law and judicial pronouncements with regard to the title.
8. The article should
be exhaustive in itself to provide every necessary information to the reader
regarding the topic.
9. The article should
be logically and creatively written.
10. Grammar and concept
should be correct. (We recommend the authors to run the articles through the
Grammar checking tools before submitting them)
11. Articles submitted
should be original and unpublished. (Articles having more than 20% unoriginal
content will be rejected).
12. Should be submitted
on an exclusive basis.
13. The topic should be
creative in itself.
Contact Details
Email: teamnyayamantra@gmail.com
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