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3rd International Article Writing Competition 2025

Building on the remarkable success of the past two years, we are delighted to continue our mission of fostering scholarly excellence across diverse disciplines. This competition offers a vibrant platform for scholars to showcase their expertise, creativity, and innovation in academic writing. Let’s make this year’s competition another incredible journey of academic discovery and collaboration.

Participating MMU Press Journals

Sciences and Technology

Social Sciences

Law 

Entry Criteria

    1. Submit within 15 January – 9 April 2025 to MMU Press journals (https://journals.mmupress.com).
    2. Qualify for consideration in the award selection process is subject to the condition that your paper successfully undergoes the revision and obtain acceptance.
    3. Between 5,000 and 7,000 words in length (preferably).
    4. Comprehensive research articles that provide in-depth analysis and substantial findings (preferably).
    5. For AJLP, legislative update and case commentary are not allowed in this competition.
    6. Original and never been published before or under consideration for publication in any ISSN/ ISBN/ eISSN/ eISBN registered publication.
    7. Prepare based on MMU Press journals’ guidelines (can be downloaded from their website).
    8. Written in English, original, unpublished, and must not infringe the intellectual property, privacy and other rights of any third party.
    9. You are encouraged to collaborate with international authors to enhance the global visibility of your work.
    10. By participating in the competition, you are agreeing to publish your article in MMU Press journals, subject to acceptance for publication after peer review and revisions.
    11. Alterations to the authorships are not permitted once the manuscript has undergone revision.
    12. Ready to submit to journal? Click your preferred journal https://journals.mmupress.com/ and submit to the respective journal.
    13. DON’T FORGET to register your entry here: https://forms.gle/fQU2RKxC9SHbjLGBA

 

*Open Journal Systems’ User Manual: HERE
*The template of the article can be downloaded under each respective journal’s page.

Read our 2023 winning articles HERE

Read our 2024 winning articles HERE

Important Timeline

* Peer review will begin followed by your revision after receiving the comments from reviewers.
** Accepted by 5th June 2025 & to be published by 2025/2026.

Prizes

The prizes are awarded for each category (open, postgraduate, undergraduate), and for each MMU Press journal. The prizes consist of the following:

Three categories:

Open category (i.e. academic, researcher, post-doctoral, students, others)
✓ Postgraduate category (first author currently registered as PG student in higher education institution)
Undergraduate category (first author currently registered as UG student in higher education institution)

The organising committee has the right to make the final decision of the prizes.

Note: First author will be the recipient of the award.

Judging Criteria

For further inquiries, please contact our office: mmupress@mmu.edu.my