STC-Montreal announced a bumper crop of seven award-winning entries in the 2008-2009 Technical Publications Competition. The awards will be presented at the chapter’s spring banquet on June 17, 2009.

Award of Excellence: Autodesk

Autodesk Visual Effects, Finishing, and Color Grading HP xw8600 Workstation Hardware Setup Guide

Robert Adam
Janet Hu
Patricia McMullen

Award of Excellence: Autodesk

Autodesk Smoke 2009 New Features Guide

Martin Chesnay
Peter Greenways
Bryan Kenny
Patricia McMullen
Greg Pastuszko
Mylene Pepin
Beverley Stevens
Tamu Townsend
Kandis Weiner
David Wood

Award of Excellence: Autodesk

Autodesk Smoke 2009 User Guide

Martin Chesnay
Peter Greenways
Bryan Kenny
Patricia McMullen
Greg Pastuszko
Mylene Pepin
Beverley Stevens
Tamu Townsend
Kandis Weiner
David Wood

Award of Merit: Autodesk

Autodesk Flame 2009 Extension 1 Online Help

Martin Chesnay
Peter Greenways
Bryan Kenny
Patricia McMullen
Greg Pastuszko
Mylene Pepin
Beverley Stevens
Tamu Townsend
Kandis Weiner

Award of Merit: Corel Corporation

Corel Designer Technical Suite X4 User Guide

Heather Button
Jody Johnstone
Ludmila Minkova

Award of Merit: LittleBrownMouse, Inc

Corporate Training – The First Steps

Kathy Legg

Award of Merit: Nuance

Nuance Voice Platform Grammar Developer’s Guide

Peter Crimmin
Charles Roburn

The three Autodesk entries that won Awards of Excellence were forwarded to the STC International Competition

STC-Montreal received a total of 13 entries for the 2008-2009 competition. This is almost twice the number received in our 2006-2007 competition. Competitions Coordinator Ahmed Ibrahim said, “The competition team worked really hard this year. We received high-quality entries, and the judges were extraordinary in their commitment. We look forward to our next competition. I would like to thank everyone who helped out in making our competition this year a great success.”

Competitions are open to all technical communication professionals; you do not have to be a member of STC to participate. Competitions have two tiers: local (chapter) and international (society-wide) level. An entry must win an award of Distinguished Technical Communication or Award of Excellence at the local level to qualify for submission to STC’s international competition.

Correction: Fixed the formatting for the Merit award for Nuance.