Congratulations! The following entries have made it to this year’s shortlists

Here they are, in no particular order. If we haven’t published a shortlist 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 the list of finalists on 19 October.

Plain English Champion — Best Organisation

No shortlist published

Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team

No shortlist published

Best Plain English Document — Public Sector

Commerce Commission / Standards New Zealand — Keeping your child safe: children’s nightwear
Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management — What would you do?
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
Human Rights Commission — Article 24: The Right to Inclusive Education
Ministry for Women — Decoding Diversity
Hutt City Council — Disability Advisory Group application

Best Plain English Document — Private Sector

No shortlist published

Best Plain English Website — Public Sector

Internal Affairs — https://www.govt.nz
Accident Compensation Corporation — https://www.acc.co.nz/
Commission for Financial Capability — http://www.sorted.org.nz
Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand — http://www.iponz.govt.nz
Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income — https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/
Ministry of Social Development — Studylink — https://www.studylink.govt.nz/
NZ Transport Agency — http://www.nzta.govt.nz
Inland Revenue — http://www.ird.govt.nz/aboutir/suppliers/

Best Plain English Website — Private Sector

No shortlist published

Best Plain English Sentence Transformation

Jan Schrader, Stats NZ
Steph Prince, NZ Transport Agency
Ministry for Women (three entries)

Best Plain English Technical Communicator

No shortlist published

Best Plain English Annual Report

Perry Outdoor Education Trust — POET Annual Report 2017
Z Energy — Solving what matters for a moving world
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

Best Plain English Legal Document

No shortlist published

Best Plain English Turnaround

No shortlist published

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!