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University : Gujarat National Law University
Announcement : First Annual Essay Writing Competition, 2015
Last Date : 12th October,2015

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Home Page : http://www.gnlu.ac.in/

First Annual Essay Writing Competition, 2015 Organized by Centre for Constitutional & Administrative Law

Rules and Guidelines:
A] Eligibility :
** All students pursuing graduate, post graduate courses.
** Each submission can be co-authoured by a maximum of two members on any one of the below mentioned topics.

B] Topics :
** Annihilation of Castes
** From Social Injustice to Social Justice: The Ambedkarian Way
** Ambedkar, Reservation, Constitution: Consolidating the Agenda in the 21st Century

C] Submission Procedure :
** A soft copy of the essay must be submitted ccalessay@gnlu.ac.in on or before 31st October 2015.
** The essay must be sent as a word document (.doc or .docx) and in a PDF format.
** The email should carry subject as “Submission CCAL-GNLU Essay Competition-2015”.

** The essay must be accompanied by the following documents:
o Scan copy of University/Institution Identity Card.
o Covering letter containing the following details (co-author details also to be provided ,in the same letter):-
1. Name of the Author:
2. Contact no:
3. Address of Student:
4. Email id:
5. Name of college/institution:
6. Course and year/Semester of study:
7. Address of the college (including contact no. and official Email- id):
8. Title of the essay:

D] Submission guidelines :
** LENGTH – The word limit shall be 2500-3500 words excluding footnotes.
** RULES OF FORMATTING:
o Main text:
Page Margins: 1.5 inch on left side margin and 1 inch on all other sides Body of Essay
Font Type: Garamond
Font Size: 12 pts
Line spacing: 1.5 spacing with ‘0 pts.’ before and ‘12 points’ after
Alignment: Justified
o Footnotes:
Font Type: Garamond
Font Size: 10 pts
Line spacing: Single spacing with ‘0 pts.’ before and after.
Alignment: Justified
Style: The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) 16th Edition Citation style must be followed. Citations can be in the form of footnotes or endnotes

E] Judging and Scoring :
** Each essay shall be scored against maximum marks of 100.

** The essay shall be judged based on the following criteria :-
1. Contents – 30 marks
2. Clarity – 30 marks
3. Formatting and presentation – 20 marks
4. Originality – 20 marks

** 0.25 marks shall be deducted for each violation of the aforementioned formatting rules.

** The submissions shall be subjected to an initial screening by the screening committee constituted by the CCAL. The authors of the short-listed submissions shall be intimated accordingly.

F] Grounds for Disqualification :
** The essay must strictly be original and should not have been published elsewhere. Partial or complete plagiarism will
lead to immediate disqualification.

** The main body of the essay should not carry any mention of the name, contact details, or the name of the institution. In any other case, it shall lead to immediate disqualification.

** Multiple submissions by a participant(s).
** Late submission of the essay.

G] Prizes :
** The winner shall receive a cash prize of Rs 10,000.
** The first runner up shall receive a cash prize of Rs 7,500.
** The second runner up shall receive a cash prize of Rs 5,000.

H] Publication :
Winning essays at the discretion of the editorial members may be chosen for publication in a Journal with an ISBN number.

I] Miscellaneous :
All rights of winning submissions will vest with Gujarat National Law University. All matters pertaining to the eligibility of participants, essays, evaluation of submissions and awarding of prizes is within the sole and absolute discretion of the Centre for Constitutional and Administrative Law, GNLU.

J] Important Dates :
Last date for submission: 31st October, 2015
Announcement of results: First week of January