Plain English Awards

celebrate New Zealand's clearest communicators

Enter the 2018 Plain English Awards

Choose your categories!

Entries for the 2018 Plain English Awards are now closed. Good luck to all who have entered!

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions about your entry. 

Follow the links below to the requirements for each award category.

Read our terms and conditions here


Plain English Champion

  • Best Organisation
  • Best Individual or Team

Best Plain English Document

  • Public Sector
  • Private Sector

Best Plain English Website

  • Public Sector
  • Private Sector

Best Plain English Sentence Transformation

Best Plain English Annual Report

Best Plain English Legal Document

Best Plain English Technical Communicator

Best Plain English Turnaround

People’s Choice

  • Best Plain English Communication
  • Worst ‘Brainstrain’ Communication