| Award category | Chair | Judges | 
| Plain English Champion: 
Best OrganisationBest Individual or Team |  | Susan KleimannMelodee Mercer
 Sarah Stacy-Baynes
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| Best Plain English Document | Ralph Brown(public sector)
 Simon Hertnon(private sector)
 | Ralph BrownMartin Cutts
 Amy Bunk
 Simon Hertnon
 Jayne Dalmer
 Barbra Kingsley
 Andrea Dickens
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| Best Plain English Website | Lisa Wilde (public sector) Kathryn Catania(private sector)
 | Lisa WildeRachel McAlpine
 Annetta Cheek
 Candi Harrison
 Frances Gordon
 Jan Bowen
 Kathryn Catania
 Trent Mankelow
 Melua Watson
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| Best Plain English Sentence Transformation
 | Maryland Spencer | Maryland SpencerMarćia Riley
 Neil James
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| Best Plain English Technical Communicator
 | Emily Cotlier | Emily CotlierEamonn Moran
 Peter Russell
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| Best Plain English Investor Document | Emily Cotlier | Emily CotlierStewart Brooks
 Eamonn Moran
 Sue Kerr
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| People’s Choice: 
Best Plain English CommunicationWorst ‘Brainstrain’ Communication | Sue Chetwin | Sue ChetwinSandra Fisher-Martins
 Gina Frampton
 Mary Morel
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| Best Plain English Turnaround | Maryland Spencer | Maryland SpencerMarćia Riley
 Justine Cooper
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