Introducing our expert judging panel
We’re enormously grateful to have had the guidance and insight of the experts on our international panel of judges. Find out more about each of our judges below.
Award category | Lead judge | Judges |
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Plain English Champion — Best Organisation | Matt Huntington | Matt Huntington Sarah Stacy-Baynes David Boyle |
Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team | Paula van Gemen | Paula van Gemen Steph Prince Rosie ter Beek |
Best Plain English Document — public sector | Ralph Brown | Ralph Brown Rob Waller Dana Skopal |
Best Plain English Document — private sector | Barbra Kingsley | Barbra Kingsley Lynne Laracy Charlotte Davis |
Best Plain English Website — public sector | Kylie McGrath | Kylie McGrath Ginny Redish Marjon Leemborg |
Best Plain English Website — private sector | Maryland Spencer | Maryland Spencer Gail Marshall Suraya Casey |
Best Plain English Sentence Transformation | Maryland Spencer | Maryland Spencer Gail Marshall Suraya Casey |
Best Plain English Annual Report | Deanna Lorianni and Emma Fossey | Deanna Lorianni Emma Fossey Sheridan Gundry |
Best Plain English Legal Document | Jan Bowen | Jan Bowen Andrew Pegler Jacqueline Stephenson |
Best Plain English Technical Communicator | Tanya Boelema | Tanya Boelema Linda Lior Kathleen Dobson |
Best Plain English Turnaround | Mary McLaughlin | Mary McLaughlin Susan Kleimann Melissa Kargiannakis |
People’s Choice — Best Plain English Communication and Worst Brainstrain Communication | Simon Hertnon | Simon Hertnon Jacqueline Taylor Ben Whitaker |
Plain language criteria for documents and websites