{"id":12725,"date":"2026-10-17T20:59:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T15:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=12725"},"modified":"2026-10-17T20:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T15:29:33","slug":"4th-national-article-writing-competition-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/4th-national-article-writing-competition-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"4th National Article Writing Competition 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc<strong>About the Event<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 4th National Article Writing Competition 2026, organized by the Lucknow University Moot Court Association (LUMA), Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow, is a national-level legal writing and research competition designed to encourage critical thinking, academic excellence and scholarly engagement among aspiring legal professionals.<br>The competition is based on the theme \u201cElectoral Democracy and Constitutional Governance in India: Contemporary Challenges, Legal Reforms and the Future of Democratic Integrity.\u201d Participants are invited to explore contemporary issues such as electoral reforms, constitutional governance, political funding, democratic accountability and the influence of emerging technologies on elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default\" style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0;color:#f0f0f0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2139\ufe0f <strong>Event Details<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Category:<\/strong> Article Writing, Legal Research, Constitutional Law and Academic Writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Competition Level: <\/strong>National<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mode of Conduct: <\/strong>Online (Virtual)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Participation Type: <\/strong>Individual or Co-authorship (maximum 2 authors)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total Cash Prize Pool:<\/strong> \u20b96,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default\" style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0;color:#f0f0f0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Important Dates<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Last Date for Registration and Payment:<\/strong> 31 October 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Last Date for Article Submission: <\/strong>30 November 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default\" style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0;color:#f0f0f0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfaf <strong>Eligibility &amp; Rules<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Eligibilty:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open to law students, research scholars, legal professionals and professors, subject to the organizer&#8217;s institutional eligibility requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participants from institutions recognized by the Bar Council of India are eligible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Individual participation and co-authorship are permitted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A maximum of two authors can collaborate on one article.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inter-university co-authorship is allowed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default\" style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0;color:#f0f0f0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Benefits for the Participants<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Winner:<\/strong> \u20b93,000 + Memento + Publication Opportunity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Runner-Up: <\/strong>\u20b92,000 + Memento + Publication Opportunity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Second Runner-Up:<\/strong> \u20b91,000 + Memento + Publication Opportunity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total Cash Prize Pool:<\/strong> \u20b96,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcccAbout the Event The 4th National Article Writing Competition 2026, organized by the Lucknow University Moot Court Association (LUMA), Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow, is a national-level legal writing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":12727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contests"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>4th National Article Writing Competition 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apply for the 4th National Article Writing Competition 2026 by Lucknow University. 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