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It’s time to celebrate! | Photo by Erwan Hesry on Unsplash


With preparations for our cyber-ceremony in full swing, you can now register your place to attend.

Register for the 2021 Plain English Awards ceremony


What you can look forward to at this year’s event

This year, for the first time, we’re running our celebrations online. While we’ll miss celebrating with people in person, our aim is to make this year’s event super special in its own way.


Our MC James Elliott is bound to delight

Now in his fifth year as MC of the Awards, lawyer and comedian James Elliott is a firm highlight at our ceremonies. James is back this year and guaranteed to entertain.

Find out more about James


Bring your supporters along — we can host more people online

With no limits to seat numbers, we’d love you to invite as many of your supporters to join you at the ceremony as possible. In the past, we’ve often had to limit spaces to 150 people — but that’s not a problem this year!


Our overseas entrants and supporters can easily join us

We’ve always extended an invitation to our ceremony to both our domestic and international supporters. However, often the overseas contingent isn’t able to make it. Happily (and time differences aside), that’s not a problem this year either!

We opened up entries to Australia for the first time this year

Read about our international panel of judges


Celebrate International Plain Language Week at the same time

Our Awards ceremony is right in the middle of International Plain Language Week. This gives you a readymade way to get involved in an international event that celebrates clarity.

So, don’t hang about — register your place at the 2021 Plain English Awards ceremony


Thanks again to our sponsors for their commitment to the (plain language) cause

We have an incredible line-up of sponsors this year. We’d like to thank them all for their support.

Read about this year’s sponsors


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Calling all our Australian friends: It’s time to celebrate your successes in clear communication | Photo by Karl Anderson on Unsplash


Plain language is important to us here in New Zealand. It’s also a big thing in Australia. At the moment, Australia doesn’t have any awards celebrating clear communication.

Let’s not beat around the bush! After recognising the gap and fielding several enquiries, we’re opening up entries to Australia.

Haere mai, Australian plain language enthusiasts!

We’re excited to now be welcoming entries from any individual or organisation in Australia, as well as New Zealand. You’d just need to meet the same conditions as entrants do here: See our terms and conditions

You’ll also need to be an organisation that’s registered in Australia, or have a registered Australian address.

The standard entry fee for people in Australia will be AUD$125, and AUD$65 for registered charities.


Australian-based entries are welcome for any Awards categories

From Champion Organisation through to Best Plain English Legal Document, people and businesses in Australia are welcome to enter any of our categories. You can also nominate the good and the bad in our two People’s Choice categories: the Best Plain English Communication and the Worst Brainstrain Communication.

So what are you waiting for? It’s time to get entering!

Entries are open until 31 July

Read about how to enter


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