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• Best of Show
• Distinguished Technical Communication
• Excellence
• Merit
Congratulations to all the winners in the STC Washington, DC Chapter Online Communication, Technical Art, and Technical Publications competitions!
The competition rules and judging criteria are described on the Competitions page.
Winners of the Distinguished Technical Communication Award go on to the International Technical Publication Competition (ITPC). Winners of the ITPC are presented at the STC Annual Conference in May.
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marks the winning entries in the International Competition. Five of our Technical Publications entries won International Competition awards this year.
| Entry title | Contributors | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Best of Show | ||
Whiting School of Engineering – 2003 Annual Report
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Diana Whitman, Kevin Houtz, and Robert Cooke | JHU/Whiting School of Engineering |
| Distinguished Technical Communication | ||
| Reconsidering Some Prescriptive Rules of Grammar and Composition | Bradford R. Connatser | |
Whiting School of Engineering – 2003 Annual Report
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Diana Whitman, Kevin Houtz, and Robert Cooke | JHU/Whiting School of Engineering |
Redesign of IRS CP2000 NoticeReport
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Susan D. Kleimann and Anneliese M. McCann | Kleimann Communication Group |
Biological Defense Systems PathAlert Campaign
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Martin-Schaffer, Inc. | Martin-Schaffer, Inc. |
Curiosity Creates Cures
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Alisa Zapp Machalek | NIH/NIGMS |
ST 80 - SIMATIC Human Machine Interface Systems
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Birgit Gottsauner and Barbara Beyer | Siemens AG, A&D AS SM ID |
| Getting Started with webMethods Business Process Management | Susan Kozy | webMethods, Inc. |
| Excellence | ||
| Using the Workflow Management System | Melissa Hancock | Datatel, Inc. |
| CBMS Classroom Training Guides | Elizabeth Gehres and Betty Roney | Dynamics Research Corporation |
| CBMS User Desktop Guide | Elizabeth Gehres | Dynamics Research Corporation |
| Implementation Case Study, ControlCenter Reporting: Know What You Have | Michael Howes, Scott Lamont, Peter Kashatus, and Jason Holmberg | EMC |
| ArchiveXtender Administrator's Guide | Vanessa Trochmann | EMC Corporation, Legato Division |
| ArchiveXtender Installation Guide | Vanessa Trochmann | EMC Corporation, Legato Division |
| NCRR Reporter | Publications Group | Equals Three Communications |
| Youth Tobacco Cessation | Meryl Thomas, Elaine Garber, Amy Bowman; Amanda Crowell; Corinne G. Husten | Palladian Partners, Inc.; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Office on Smoking and Health |
| Fail Safety Due to High-Availability SIMATIC S7 Controllers | Bernhard Wöll, Ulrich Kaus, and Richard Fischer | Siemens AG, A&D AS SM ID |
| IDEAS | Christian Leifels and Annette Horneber | Siemens AG, A&D AS SM ID |
| Quick Start for the Deposit Solution | John Tremblay and Peny Lang | TREEV, LLC |
| Merit | ||
| Coping with Wordslaughter and the "Good Enough" Syndrome | Bradford R. Connatser | |
| Altarum Annual Report 2003 | Liz Ritter, Randy Johnson, Marijka Lischak | Altarum |
| ASCO 2002-2003 Annual Report | Lori L. Alexander, Meghan Dillon, and Douglas Byrnes | American Society of Clinical Oncology |
| ASCO News | Bruce D. Cheson, Lori L. Alexander, and Amy Boches | American Society of Clinical Oncology |
| Occupational Outlook Quarterly | Kathleen Green, Olivia Crosby, and Elka Jones | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| CSC Editorial Styleguide | Samantha Langley, Gloria Daly, and Gloria Randall | CSC |
| Edge BioSystems Competent Cells Ad | Martin-Schaffer, Inc. | Martin-Schaffer, Inc. |
| Edge BioSystems PERFORMA® DTR Systems Campaign | Martin-Schaffer, Inc. | Martin-Schaffer, Inc. |
| Gene Logic ASCENTA System Brochure | Martin-Schaffer, Inc. | Martin-Schaffer, Inc. |
| Gene Logic ASCENTA System Campaign | Martin-Schaffer, Inc. | Martin-Schaffer, Inc. |
| GIBCO® Guide to Serum-Free Cell Culture | Martin-Schaffer, Inc. | Martin-Schaffer, Inc. |
| ANA's Foundations of Nursing | Carol Bickford, Rosanne O'Connor Roe, and Eric Wurzbacher | Nursesbooks.org, The Publishing Program of the ANA |
| SPN Pediatrics Nursing Package | Eric Wurzbacher, Linda A. Lewandowski, and Stacy Maguire | Nursesbooks.org, The Publishing Program of the ANA |
| The Soul of the Caring Nurse | Eric Wurzbacher, Linda Gambee Henry, and James Douglas Henry | Nursesbooks.org, The Publishing Program of the ANA |
| Affinity® Global Registration User Documentation | Karen Hatzenbuhler, QuadraMed Documentation Group | QuadraMed Corporation |
| STEP 7 Professional - Programming and Configuring to IEC 61131-3 | Annette Horneber | Siemens AG, A&D AS SM ID |
| WinCC flexible 2004 - Getting Started First Time User | Volker Suetterlin, Dietmar Buecherl, and Bernd Lerp | Siemens AG, A&D AS SM ID |
| BERO Sensors - innovative conveyor specialists | Stefanie Warmerdam and Guido Nelles | Siemens AG, A&D CD MM3 |
| Safety Integrated: Communications-capable motor starters for every safety application | Maik Buettner and Giullaume Maigret | Siemens AG, A&D CD MM3 |
| SENTRON - User manual for communication capable SENTRON WL and SENTRON VL circuit breaker | Bernd Schwinn, Peggy Schneider, and Erich Henle | Siemens AG, A&D CD MM3 |
| SIRIUS Industrial Controls: The complete universe of Industrial Controls | Schirmer-Kaegebein Ulf | Siemens AG, A&D CD MM3 |
| SIRIUS SOFT STARTER - A new star is born | Jansen Thomas | Siemens AG, A&D CD MM3 |
| SIRIUS Spring-Loaded Terminals - It doesn't get any faster | Stefanie Warmerdam | Siemens AG, A&D CD MM3 |
| Deposit Solution Administrator's Guide | John Tremblay, Peny Lang | TREEV, LLC |
| Investigation Report, Catastrophic Vessel Failure | Deborah Stocker, David Heller, and Genilee S. Parente | U.S. Chemical Safety Board |
| Safety Bulletin, Removal of Hazardous Material from Piping Systems | Deborah Stocker, John Vorderbrueggen, and Genilee S. Parente | U.S. Chemical Safety Board |
| Imported Fire Ant Program Manual | Bruce Attavian, John Patterson, Rebecca Frasure | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| A Renewed Commitment to Excellence: An Assessment of the Agency-Wide Applicability of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report | Kevin Mabie, Daniel J. Heimerdinger, and Mario Loundermon | Valador, Inc. |
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