2012 Plain English Awards winners and finalists
Congratulations to the winners and finalists in the 2012 WriteMark Plain English Awards!
Click on the winners' and finalists' names to view their statements and the judges' comments.
2012 Awards photos (a Picasa web album)
Plain English Champion — Best Organisation
Winner: Cancer Society of New Zealand
Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team
Winner: NZ Transport Agency — Manawatu Gorge Team
Finalist: Cancer Society of New Zealand — Editorial Team
Finalist: NZ Transport Agency — 'Give Way Rule' Team
Best Plain English Document — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Winner: Statistics New Zealand — How to tell a story using statistics
Finalist: Commerce Commission — Electricity and the Commerce Commission's role
Finalist: Ministry of Social Development — Strategies with Kids, Information for Parents (SKIP)
Best Plain English Document — Private Sector
Winner: Blue Mountain Adventure Centre — Conquer Your Own Mountain!
Finalist: Gareth Morgan Investments — Gareth Morgan KiwiSaver Scheme Annual Report 2012
Best Plain English Website — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Winner: Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income — http://www.sorted.org.nz
Finalist: Cancer Society of New Zealand — http://www.getthetools.org.nz
Finalist: Careers New Zealand — http://www.careers.govt.nz
Best Plain English Website — Private Sector
Winner: Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd — http://www.beeflambnz.com
Finalist: Gareth Morgan Investments — www.gmk.co.nz
Best Plain English Sentence Transformation
Winner: Telecom New Zealand Limited — Annette Hamilton
Finalist: Inland Revenue Department — Megan Mills
Finalist: Telecom New Zealand Limited — Annette Hamilton
Best Plain English Technical Communicator
Winner: Telecom New Zealand Limited — Sarah Burns
Finalist: Commerce Commission — Allanah Kalafatelis
Finalist: Xero — Kylie McGrath
Best Plain English Investor Document
Winner: UDC Finance Limited — UDC Secured Investments Prospectus 65
Finalist: Goldman Henry — US50 Fund Ltd. Annual Report 2011
Finalist: Pathfinder Management Ltd — Pathfinder Asset Management Prospectus
People's Choice — Best Plain English Communication
Winner: BreastScreen Aotearoa — BreastScreen letter
People's Choice — Worst 'Brainstrain' Communication
Winner: Nova Energy — Standard Terms for Gas and Electricity Supply
Best Plain English Turnaround
Winner: Ministry of Social Development / Inland Revenue Department — Student Loan Contract
Finalist: Commerce Commission — Anti-competitive practices web page
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