Contest Management

Create New Contest

Fill the sections below. Required fields are marked with *.

Draft setup

1 Basics

Title *

Make it descriptive and catchy.

Slug *

Public URL: lekhak.in/contests/overview/—

English letters, numbers and dashes only · min 8 characters.

Description

0 chars

Rules

Type *

Language *

Genre

Hold Ctrl/Cmd (or long-press on mobile) to select multiple. Optional filter by contest type.

Style notes

Theme color

Banner URL

Poster URL

2 Schedule

Start → registration & submissions open. End → submissions close & judging starts. Result → judging ends & results announced. Fine-tune dates later in Admin.

Start Date *

End Date *

Result Date

3 Submission rules

Word limit

Character limit

Max entries / user

Allow edits

Participants can update before end date

4 Judging & awards

Scoring scale

Main winner count

Organization *

Judging criteria

Choose criteria and assign weight %. Total must equal 100%. This is saved as JSON automatically.

Total weight 0%

Awards & badges

Contest is saved as Draft first. After create you will land on Admin Dashboard — attach awards from lekhak_awards (main ranks + special: Best Writer, Best Emotional, etc.) there.

5 Visibility & status

Visibility *

Status *

New contests start as Draft. Open them from Admin when ready.