Looking for a highly skilled technical communicator who applies plain English in their work

This award goes to the technical communicator who demonstrates the best use of plain English in technical documents.

Here’s your chance to be recognised for the contribution you’ve made to producing clear, reader-friendly technical communications for your organisation or your clients.

Each entry in this category costs $143.75 including GST or $74.75 including GST for registered charities. This fee goes completely towards running the Awards.

What you need to know

What you need to include in your portfolio

You must include at least two whole documents in your portfolio, and you can include up to five samples of your work. Your work samples may include: user manuals, help files, technical information bulletins, fact sheets, or any other documentation that communicates technical information clearly. Your samples will preferably be in final published form.

Choose samples that clearly showcase your plain English skills and show excellent structure, language, and layout. We encourage shorter entries. If you submit extracts from longer documents, please include the table of contents and front pages for context.

For Help files or other online material, you can present excerpts as a combination of screen shots and text.

For each sample, please attach a cover sheet that includes:

• the purpose
• audience
• any other notes that will provide useful context for the judges.

Prizes for this award

The winner of the Best Plain English Technical Communicator award 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 public workshops.

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.