Our premier category celebrates New Zealand’s champion plain English communicators
The Plain English Champion category has two awards.
You can switch between them here:
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.
The award for Plain English Champion — Best Organisation is the premier award. This award is open to any New Zealand-based organisation that can show evidence of a successful campaign to create an organisation-wide culture of plain English communication.
Please note that the award for the Best Organisation will only be awarded if entries of a high enough quality are received.
Present your entry in two parts: project description and supporting evidence.
By entering this category you agree that if you win, you’ll meet the timeframes and other criteria for using your prize.
Please describe your project in up to 2500 words, using the three headings below. We’ve given some examples of content, but you can include whatever information you need to support your entry.
Planning
Content could include:
Activities and resources
Content could include:
Results to date
Record successes, milestones achieved, and lessons learned, including:
You can include as much supporting evidence as you like.
The winner of the Plain English Champion — Best Organisation award will receive plain English consultancy services to the value of $5,000 from Write Limited. The prize is to be used on a specific plain English project designed to produce measurable results for the winning organisation or their stakeholders (that is, savings in time or money, or improved service levels and better feedback from customers).
The winner must start and complete the prize project within a 6-month period and produce a publishable case study shortly after.
The winner will also receive:
Examples of previous winning projects supported by Write’s consultancy include:
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.