2006/2007 Technical Communication Competition: The Results are in!

by Ruth Haworth, Competition Manager

I am pleased to announce the results of the 2006/2007 Southwestern Ontario STC Competition for technical publications and online communication. This year we had 10 entries in the areas of software guides, non-computer equipment guides, magazines, and online help.

To ensure that each entry got maximum attention, this year, there were three teams of three senior technical writers who did the judging:

Deb Bald
Robin Dube
Ruth Haworth
Gina Jackson
Debbie Kerr
Carol Lawless
Ursula McCloy
Sherry McMenemy
Leanne Rollins

The judges worked hard to write constructive, detailed evaluations, and the feedback I received indicated that the entrants found their comments helpful.

Feedback from this year's participants included:

"The comments from the judges are extremely helpful and much appreciated."
"The evaluations provided some very worthwhile feedback. I look forward to entering next year."
"The feedback we got from the panel of judges will be very useful to everyone on my team. It’s fantastic to have such detailed comments from industry experts. This is great stuff to help guide and motivate our 2007 doc improvement plans."

Special thanks to all the judges for their excellent work, and congratulations to all our participants!

And the winners are...

Award of Excellence

Catherine McNair and Robin Dube, Agfa
IMPAX Client Knowledge Base

Fran Hensler and John Krouse, Chris Reeves, ANSYS
ANSYS Solutions magazine

Ryan Lehmann, Netsweeper
Netsweeper Server Setup Guide

Award of Merit

Laurene Dong, MDS Sciex
LightSight Online Help

Mark Ward and Giovanna Heffernan, MDS Sciex
CellKey System Service Manual

Giovanna Heffernan, MDS Sciex
CellKey System Operator's Manual

Wayne McEachren, NCR
ImageMark Archive Media Delivery Administration and Operations

Lise Cormier, Quest Software
Quest Reporter Version 5.5 Quick Start Guide

About Ruth Haworth

Ruth Haworth has worked in Canada, England and Africa as a technical writer, journalist, research analyst and administrator. After 25 years away, she returned to her hometown of Waterloo in 1999. She currently enjoys working at Sybase iAnywhere Solutions as a Senior Staff Information Developer and living in a 100-year old primary school in Waterloo.