Congratulations! The following entries are finalists in the 2017 Plain English Awards!

Here they are, in no particular order. If we haven’t published a list of finalists here, it means we can’t let the cat out of the bag just yet. In some categories we had fewer entries that met the judges’ high standard.

Look out for our list of winners after the ceremony on 23 November.

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Plain English Champion — Best Organisation

No finalists published

Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team

Megan Lane, Empathy
Steph Prince, NZ Transport Agency

Best Plain English Document — Public Sector

Ministry for Women — Closing the gender pay gap — advice for employers
Wellington City Council — Our Wellington — Tō Tātou Pōneke (winter 2017 edition)
Superu — Making Sense of Evaluation — a handbook for the social sector

Best Plain English Document — Private Sector

KPMG New Zealand — Mindset. Trust. Adaptability. KPMG New Zealand CEO Outlook Survey 2017
Tower Insurance Limited — House Insurance Premium Cover

Best Plain English Website — Public Sector

Internal Affairs — https://www.govt.nz
Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand — http://www.iponz.govt.nz
Ministry of Social Development — Studylink — https://www.studylink.govt.nz/

Best Plain English Website — Private Sector

No finalists published

Best Plain English Sentence Transformation

Jan Schrader, Stats NZ
Steph Prince, NZ Transport Agency
Ministry for Women

Best Plain English Technical Communicator

WREMO
Louisa Eades, Streamliners

Best Plain English Annual Report

English Language Partners New Zealand Trust — English Language Partners New Zealand Annual Report 2016
Kiwi Wealth KiwiSaver Scheme — Kiwi Wealth KiwiSaver Scheme Annual Report 2017
Z Energy — Solving what matters for a moving world

Best Plain English Legal Document

Parliamentary Counsel Office — Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Cavell Leitch — Property Sharing Agreement

Best Plain English Turnaround

New Zealand Insolvency and Trustee Service — Types of Creditor
Parliamentary Counsel Office — Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management — http://getthru.govt.nz/

People’s Choice — Best Plain English Communication

KiwiWealth — KiwiSaver Scheme annual report
Superu — Making sense of evaluation
Wellington City Council — Our Wellington — Tō Tātou Pōneke (winter 2017 edition)
Perry Outdoor Education Trust — POET latest news

People’s Choice — Worst ‘Brainstrain’ Communication

Among the entries this year the judges felt there was only one that truly qualified as a ‘Brainstrain’. (That’s got to be good news!)

Check back after the ceremony on 23 November to find out which organisation took the dubious title of producing the 2017 Worst ‘Brainstrain’ Communication!

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