Essay Contest 2026

Guidelines

• Submissions must not exceed 1,200 words in length, and all essays must be written in English.

• Delegates can respond to only one prompt and submit only one essay.

• Essay documents must be formatted in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with standard one-inch margins on all sides.

• The heading of the essay must clearly state the delegate’s full name, the delegation name, the faculty advisor’s full name, and the chosen prompt.

• External sources are not required; however, if referenced, they must be cited in MLA 8 format.

• Essays must be submitted exclusively in PDF format. Submissions in alternate file types will not be reviewed. The PDF must be named in the following format: FullName_DelegationName_PromptNumber.pdf

• Essays will only be accepted from delegates whose delegations are formally registered for this year’s session of CMUN.

• All essays must represent the original work of the delegate. Any submission determined to be authored, in part or in whole, by another individual or generated through Artificial Intelligence (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity) will not be considered.

• Essays must be submitted to cathedralmun@cajcs.in by 1st August at 11:59pm IST.

• Late submissions or those that fail to meet formatting requirements will be disqualified.