Is your website based on plain language principles?

The Best Plain Language Website category recognises the best examples of websites that illustrate the principles of plain language. The website must be owned by a New Zealand or Australian organisation. The judges are looking for highly usable, reader-focused website or intranet content.

The Best Plain Language Website category has two awards:

• Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation
• Private Sector

Entries are open 1 May to 15 July.

Read the terms and conditions, including the fees, for entering the Plain Language Awards

Please email enquiries@plainlanguageawards.org.nz if you have any questions.

What you need to know

On the entry form you’ll need to give information about your website’s purpose, your target reader, and whether your website has been user-tested. The judges will evaluate the homepage plus up to nine top and lower level pages on the published site.

If you can show ‘befores and afters’ of your webpages, consider also entering the Best Plain Language Turnaround award.

Prizes for this award

The winner of each of the Best Plain Language Website awards will receive:

• a stunning steel and bronze trophy produced for the Awards by Wellington sculptor Campbell Maud
• the latest StyleWriter plain English editing software — single-user licence (from Editor Software)
• a place on any of Write Limited’s 1-day open workshops (to be booked before 31 March 2024).

Read the terms and conditions, including the fees, for entering the Plain Language Awards

Please email enquiries@plainlanguageawards.org.nz if you have any questions.