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\nWhile we’re not running the Awards in 2020, we will be back! So hold on to your entries.<\/p>\n

Read why we’re waiting until 2021 on our blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Please email [email protected]<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\n

You can make a difference! Help us celebrate a really good document or webpage. Or let us know about a really bad one. Send in your nominations now.<\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Choice category has two awards:<\/p>\n

Best Plain English Communication<\/a><\/li>\n
Worst Brainstrain Communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n
Worst Brainstrain Communication<\/h4>\n
This award reveals, in good humour, the document or webpage most notable for confusing and dumbfounding its target audience with obscurity and gobbledygook.<\/p>\n
By putting these confusing documents and webpages under the spotlight, we hope that the organisations responsible will rewrite them in beautifully plain English.<\/p>\n
\n
What you need to know<\/h6>\n
The ideal entry for the Brainstrain award is a publicly available or widely used document or webpage that causes problems for many people.<\/p>\n
Documents or webpages nominated in either of the People\u2019s Choice categories must:<\/p>\n
- not be a book, or an extract from a book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  We promise to keep your personal details confidential. We won\u2019t reveal anything about you to our judges or to the organisation that produced the communication.<\/p>\n
  \n
  Prizes for this award<\/h6>\n
  The winner of the Brainstrain award will be thrilled to win:<\/p>\n
  - a place on any of Write Limited\u2019s 1-day open workshops before 15 December 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    \n
    Please email [email protected]<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\n
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