2010 WriteMark |
Friday 3 September 2010 |
New Zealand Plain English Awards |
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Entry criteria for Category 1: Plain English Champion
There are two awards in this category — Best Organisation and Best Individual. The entry requirements for each award are set out below.
Best Organisation
This is the premier award. Entrants must show evidence of a successful campaign to create an organisation-wide plain English culture. Examples of evidence include:
- visible management commitment
- plain English project plans
- audit of plain English use
- use of an internal or external plain English standard
- use of a style guide that supports plain English
- comprehensive plain English training for all staff
- use of plain English software
- solicited and unsolicited feedback from readers
- internal and external publicity campaigns.
Your entry must also include a detailed description of your plain English policy and how it is implemented across your organisation.
Your organisation may have developed its plain English culture independently or in partnership with Write Group Limited.
$10,000 value prize
The winner of this category will receive plain English consultancy and editing services to the value of $10,000 from Write Group Ltd. The prize is to be used on a specific plain English project designed to produce measurable results for the winning organisation (that is, savings in time or money, or both).
The winner will complete the project by 30 June 2008 and will document the results in a project report by 31 July 2008. The winner will present the project report at the WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards 2008.
Best Individual
This award is open to any individual who has successfully campaigned for, and helped create, a plain English culture in their workplace.
Your entry must include:
- a report on your plain English activities
- a written reference from at least one colleague who can verify the actions you took and the results achieved.
Judging process for the WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards 2007
Sponsors
We would like to thank the following sponsors for their support in 2010.
