The CLATGyan Blog Post Writing Competition (Closed)
Monday, May 14, 2012, 16:00
[This competition is now closed. Results will be announced on 30th June.]
The bottom right hand side of my screen nearly shouts it out to me: 5:00PM, 13 May 2012. Aaaaand CLAT is over. Irrespective of whether you’ll go to the best college in the country or spend the rest of your life as a smelly hobo, you’ve earned yourself a break. For another one and a half months, you are free to do whatever you want – learn a new language, get into shape, read the combined works of Shakespeare.. the works!
Well, except that you won’t. If you’re anything like the rest of this world, you’ll sit in front of the computer till the wee hours of the night, stuffing yourself with potato chips and scrolling down random pages on the internet. Some of you, of course, will replace that with movies, some of you with video games (Diablo 3 shall be out on the 15th) For those who will do something more productive, we salute you. For the rest, we bring you a chance to do so.
Welcome to the CLATGyan Blog Post Competition. Now that this year’s edition of the great exam is over and we’re done shoving advice down everyone’s throats, we allow YOU to write for us. ‘The Window’ will be open to everyone for the next one month, and we will be taking in contributions from your side. It has happened before and it is happening again. But yet, it’s not the same.
So, what’s new? Money. Yes, money, that sly temptress. Each one of your posts will be judged by Muhammad Abdaal Akhtar, a fifth year NALSARite, who has himself done his fair share of writing. The best post shall win a cash prize of ₹3000.
But that’s not all. We are being generous and giving away another prize for the most popular post. The post with the most ‘likes’ and comments (we expect you not to cheat, of course) shall win a prize of ₹2000.
Who gets to write? Anyone of our ilk. Lawyers, law school students, wannabe law school students, gonnabe law school students… You get the gist.
What can you write about? Anything at all. Preferably not legal, though we wouldn’t mind that either. You can right about anything: from heart-wrenching personal stories, to a list of good movies; from the pointlessness of life to some good ol’ city lovin’. Articles must be in English, (Reminder: dis s nt Englsh…!!!) but that is just about the only qualification you require. Though there is no maximum or minimum word limit, it would make us happy if it’s just about 800 words.
Email us your articles to clatgyan@gmail.com, with the subject titled “The Window”.
That’s all. Get typing.
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sukriti said on Monday, May 14, 2012, 17:01
You guys are awesome <3
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Tanvi Reply:
May 14th, 2012 at 8:33 PM
Second that! Just too cool
Btw, when’s the last date for submission? 14th June?
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Sam said on Monday, May 14, 2012, 17:23
Oh yay!
You’re giving away 5000 bucks? Are you guys rich, or just generous?
Can we send in things we’ve written for other places, like blogs and school magazines and stuff?
Can we send in more than one?
Can we be anonymous?
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Asad Reply:
May 14th, 2012 at 7:32 PM
Yes, yes and yes.
But, the piece you’ll send in should not be published on any online platform (Not even on your personal blog). If it’s published somewhere, you’ll have to remove it from there to be eligible for this Competition.
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Pikachu Reply:
May 14th, 2012 at 7:42 PM
Why is it so important to remove it from the original blog?
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Asad Reply:
May 14th, 2012 at 7:50 PM
We don’t want Google to penalize us in their search results for plagiarism. So.
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Sam Reply:
May 14th, 2012 at 7:55 PM
Okay, thank you! Seriously. This is the most amazing thing that’s happened all day. Boredom alleviation!
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Pikachu Reply:
May 14th, 2012 at 8:02 PM
oops! maine to apne blog ki link hi mail kr di :p
you people read it first…
will wait for the feedback and than remove…
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Asad Reply:
May 14th, 2012 at 8:05 PM
Fine.
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mukesh rawat Reply:
May 15th, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Can I send in the articles previously published in newspapers ?
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Asad Reply:
May 15th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
If they aren’t available online and if you have the right to republish, yes.
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Aditi Sharma said on Monday, May 14, 2012, 19:34
You should specify if multiple entries will be entertained.
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Asad Reply:
May 14th, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Nope. Not more than one entry, please.
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Aditi Sharma said on Monday, May 14, 2012, 19:37
Alright, Thanks!!
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Ekakshra said on Monday, May 14, 2012, 20:37
How many entries are permissible per person?
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Asad Reply:
May 14th, 2012 at 11:46 PM
Just one!
It’s okay if you want to send more than one. (We’ll publish all the articles we find publishable). But, for the purpose of this competition, you can send in only one entry.
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Pranav said on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 1:42
With regards to productive work you can do in the holidays — How about filing a few PILs? Apart from the obvious loss and the 10 odd years of your time that you’ll lose, it might be a lot of fun!
Oh, and there’s the slightest chance you’ll a few grace marks when you finally win your case in your 30′s.
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Aymen Mohammed Reply:
May 16th, 2012 at 6:10 PM
Imagine the amount of “work experience” they might get!
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Samraat said on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 9:33
Is it restricted to prose or can we write poems as well?
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issa sharma Reply:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:13 PM
i have the same question as well are poems accepted too
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Asad Reply:
May 15th, 2012 at 3:43 PM
Yes, they are.
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Kanak kumar said on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 10:36
I am sure Abdaal will have a laugh riot.
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Sam said on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 17:19
When are you going to start uploading the articles?
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Asad Reply:
May 16th, 2012 at 12:30 PM
We’ve already started. Not more than 2-3 articles per day but.
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Sam said on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 17:25
Also. Sucha nice replacement for the timer. xD
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cheshta said on Thursday, May 17, 2012, 10:19
Okay the problem is i am willing to put up my pieces of experiments here but i am not on facebook so how will people even “like” it ? :/
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Asad Reply:
May 17th, 2012 at 11:08 AM
The Facebook ‘Like’ button is embedded in the CG post itself. You don’t have to be on Facebook to get the ‘Likes’.
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cheshta Reply:
May 17th, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Oh ohkay thanks !!
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Aakanksha said on Thursday, May 17, 2012, 11:09
I second Sam. You don’t know how good i feel NOT seeing the timer there. xD
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Aditi Sharma Reply:
May 21st, 2012 at 6:46 PM
looks like they’ve heard it. It’s back!!
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Aakanksha Reply:
May 24th, 2012 at 3:25 PM
*Facepalm* Oh God. The torture again.
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Prakash Vaibhav said on Thursday, May 24, 2012, 9:30
What is the last date for submitting our post?
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Anithasree said on Friday, May 25, 2012, 12:42
When is the last day for submitting the post?
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