Awards 2011

The Plain English Campaign annual awards for 2011 was held on Friday 9 December.

The campaign has been fighting jargon and gobbledygook for 32 years and 2011 brings the 32nd awards ceremony. Traditionally this has been held in London but this year, Liverpool, the Campaign’s birthplace, hosted our event. And we were lucky enough to hold it in the famous Cavern Club.

The awards ceremony dipped into the world of creative gobbledygook using the worlds of music and art to highlight the need to get the message across clearly, whatever form of communication is used.

You can see a collection of photos of the awards ceremony on the photographer's website. If you wish a print of the ceremony (or of yourself receiving your award), this is where you can order them.

Each year, we present awards for the best and worst examples of English. The main awards recognise organisations and individuals who have genuinely made an effort to present themselves using clear and concise English. The infamous 'Golden Bull' and 'Foot in Mouth' awards inject a sense of mischief into the proceedings. All the award winners can expect to receive media coverage.

You can use the links below to see the winners of awards in the following categories.

• Chrissie Maher award
• Everybody Matters award
• Foot in Mouth award (for baffling quotes by public figures)
• Golden Bull awards (for the worst examples of written tripe)
• Kick in the pants (draws attention to companies or organisations who need to communicate in plainer English)
• Media awards (radio, television and newspapers)
• Osborne Memorial award (for a major contribution to the plain English cause)
• Pat on the back (celebrates efforts to communicate clearly)
• Plain English awards (open category)
• Plain English communicators (for clear spoken public communications from an individual or organisation)
• Plain English Diploma 2011 holders
• Web award (websites)

Audience at the Awards

You can nominate your own company's documents or those of another company for the awards by sending us a hard copy by post.

We would ask for nominations for all categories to be submitted, either by post or email, by 31 October.

More on entry details for award nominations.

Documents and websites that we have worked on or edited are not eligible for the awards, for obvious reasons.

The awards are not connected in any way to our Crystal Mark scheme.