Plain English Awards

celebrate New Zealand's clearest communicators

No Plain English Awards for 2020 — but we’ll be back!

While we’re not running the Awards in 2020, we will be back! So hold on to your entries.

Read why we’re waiting until 2021 on our blog

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.


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

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Plain English Champion

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


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Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.