Dob in a bad document or praise an easy-to-read one!
The People’s Choice category has two awards:
Nominations for the People’s Choice category are free.
The People’s Choice — Worst ‘Brainstrain’ Communication award reveals, in good humour, the document or website most notable for confusing and dumbfounding its target audience with obscurity and gobbledygook.
By putting these confusing documents and webpages under the spotlight, we hope that the organisations responsible will rewrite them in beautifully plain English.
The ideal entry for the Worst ‘Brainstrain’ Communication award is a publicly available or widely used document or website that causes problems for many people.
Documents or webpages nominated in the WriteMark Plain English Awards People’s Choice category must:
The Plain English Awards Trust agree to keep your details confidential. (Your details will not be revealed to the judges or to the organisations you nominate.)
Thanks to your nomination, the organisation named as the winner of the People’s Choice — Worst ‘Brainstrain’ Communication award will receive:
Nominations for the 2019 People’s Choice Awards open on 1 June 2019.
To enter the 2019 Awards, use the button below. Please email enquiries@plainlanguageawards.org.nz if you have any questions.
The People’s Choice — Best Plain English Communication award honours the most outstanding example of a plain English document or webpage nominated by a member of the public.
Just imagine a world where your insurance documents, legal contracts, application forms, and other important pieces of information were nice and clear. The more that we all speak up and demand plain English, the easier it is for everyone!
Documents or webpages nominated in the WriteMark Plain English Awards People’s Choice category must:
The Plain English Awards Trust agree to keep your details confidential. (Your details will not be revealed to the judges or to the organisations you nominate.)
Thanks to your nomination, the organisation named as the winner of the People’s Choice — Best Plain English Communication award will receive:
Nominations for the 2019 People’s Choice Awards open on 1 June 2019.
To enter the 2019 Awards, use the button below. Please email enquiries@plainlanguageawards.org.nz if you have any questions.