There are four awards in the People’s Choice category:
We invite members of the public to nominate documents or websites from any New Zealand-based organisation, other than their own workplace, for a People’s Choice award. (The names of people who enter documents in this category will remain confidential.)
Remember the following requirements when entering a document or website for a People’s Choice award.
This award honours the most outstanding example of a plain English document nominated by a member of the public.
The winner of the People's Choice — Best Plain English Document award will receive:
This award honours the most outstanding example of a plain English website nominated by a member of the public.
The winner of the People's Choice — Best Plain English Website award will receive:
This award reveals, in good humour, the document most notable for confusing and dumbfounding its target audience with obscurity and gobbledygook.
The ideal entry for the ‘Brainstrain’ document award is a publicly available or widely used document that causes problems for many people. By putting these confusing documents under the spotlight, we hope that the organisations responsible will rewrite them in beautifully plain English.
The winner of the People's Choice — 'Brainstrain' Document award will receive:
Like the 'Brainstrain' Document award, this award is for the website that most confuses and dumbfounds its target audience.
The ideal entry is a website that is widely used.
By putting confusing websites under the spotlight, we hope that the organisations responsible will transform them into shining examples of plain English.
The winner of the People's Choice — 'Brainstrain' Website award will receive:
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.
Award categories and entry requirements
Judging process for the 2011 Plain English Awards