'contention arises' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it whenever there is an instance of conflicting claims or opposing views. For example: When discussing the issue of gun control, contention arises as to whether stricter regulations can reduce gun violence.
What's more, this contention arises less between those who like and dislike organs than among those who like one particular kind and remain faithful to it, finding any other kind an abomination, to which only heretics are devoted.
Contention arises in OBS networks when two or more bursts are destined for the same wavelength, and a wide variety of reactive contention resolution mechanisms have been proposed in the literature.
However, one point of contention arises regarding states whose compulsory school age requirements are below 18 years old.
The contention arises because, first, the basis for recent claims to have identified common variants underlying psychiatric disease is susceptible to challenge [ 8], and second, the two mechanisms have different implications for research strategy.
Contention arose about whether an actual round table was desirable.
Actually, at Tuesday's public meeting, little contention arose as neighbors absorbed the design possibilities.
Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise..
Recently, contention arose over what kind of institution the Hurva would be.
(Contention arose in 2011 when the books were rereleased for their 30th anniversary with -- gasp -- new illustrations).
Contention can arise from an issue as innocuous as, say, un-airbrushed shirtless photos floating around the Internet that show off your chiselled body to millions of people.
A bone of contention, however, arose over the Queen's inheritance and dowry.
