entry – Plain English Awards http://www.plainenglishawards.org.nz celebrate New Zealand's clearest communicators Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:35:31 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 You’ve got 3 extra days to enter the Awards http://www.plainenglishawards.org.nz/were-postponing-our-closing-date-for-entries-by-3-days/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 01:24:38 +0000 http://www.plainenglishawards.org.nz/?p=2918 Entries for the 2018 Plain English Awards now close at midnight next Monday, 3 September. That means you’ve got 3 extra days to create your winning entry! Read about our categories See who won at last year’s Awards

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Entries for the 2018 Plain English Awards now close at midnight next Monday, 3 September. That means you’ve got 3 extra days to create your winning entry!

Read about our categories

See who won at last year’s Awards

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It only takes a sentence! http://www.plainenglishawards.org.nz/it-only-takes-a-sentence/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 22:31:31 +0000 http://www.plainenglishawards.org.nz/?p=2885 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to enter an awards competition? The award for Best Plain English Sentence Transformation makes entering the Plain English Awards as simple as 1 – 2 – 3! 1. First, catch your sentence Complex, long-winded sentences abound in official publications, on business websites, and around the office. […]

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to enter an awards competition? The award for Best Plain English Sentence Transformation makes entering the Plain English Awards as simple as 1 – 2 – 3!

1. First, catch your sentence

Complex, long-winded sentences abound in official publications, on business websites, and around the office.

To find a suitable sentence, first of all, track down something that’s really long with multiple clauses, that maybe even includes more than one main idea, and also uses unnecessary, surplus words and phrases and convoluted language, which nevertheless might be regarded by some as adding a certain element of essential formality. See what we did there?

2. Rewrite your sentence in plain English

Rewrite your sentence in plain English so that it becomes simple and beautifully crafted. Keep your sentence short. If needed, you can use more than one sentence to express the ideas of your original text.

3. Enter your sentence in the award for Best Plain English Sentence Transformation

Enter your original and rewrite in the category that gives well-written sentences the attention they deserve. You can enter up to three sentence transformations in one entry. And feel free to enter more than once!

Enter the Best Plain English Sentence Transformation award

Check out last year’s winner here

Check out one of last year’s finalists here

And check out the other finalist from last year here

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