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Submission deadline: March 15, 2021

Spotlight your work

11th Annual ClearMark Awards 

It’s time to celebrate your excellent 
use of plain language
 
Here’s how to enter >

ClearMark Award Key Dates

Submissions Open: Feb 18

Submissions Close: March 15

Winners Announced: May 11 – 13

Learn more

Judging Criteria

Plan ahead and take a look at our judging criteria. See how we score each dimension of the criteria.

How we score

2020 ClearMark Winners Gallery

Looking for inspiration?
Browse our 2020 ClearMark winners gallery, featuring the Covid-19 special category winner.

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February 19, 2021

A look back at the extraordinary 2020 competition for a ClearMark

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Happy 10th Anniversary Plain Writing Act

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