The six Northern California chapters of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) sponsor an annual technical communication competition. We submit winners in the Distinguished category to the Society-level competitions, where they compete with entries from around the world.

Distinguished

The entry is clearly superior in all areas. It contains no major flaws, and few, if any, minor flaws. It applies the principles of technical communication in an outstanding way, particularly in the way it anticipates and fulfills the needs of its audience.

iPad User Guide ePub

Apple

Vandalia Goode                     Gordon Meyer

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 Guidebook

Corel

Erma Petrova                        Nadia Vladimirova                      Jody Johnstone
Joanne Runte                         Gérard Métrailler                        John Falsetto
Adrian Garcia                        Ludmila Minkova                        Mark Walters
Scott Doubt                            Heather Button
CorelDRAW User Experience Design Team (2009)

Palm® Pre™ Plus User Guide for AT&T

Palm

Arthur Manzi                         Joe Sadusky                                 Paul Shine
Kwong Liew                           Caroline Bressler

Excellence

The entry consistently meets high standards in all areas. It might contain a single major flaw or a few minor flaws. The entry clearly demonstrates an exceptional understanding of technical communication principles.

Using Advent Partner (Release 7.2)

Advent

Kevin Stepelton

Aperture 3 – Exploring Aperture

Apple

Bill Grout

iPhone User Guide

Apple

Stefan Smith

iTunes Help

Apple

David Tessler                        Nathan Melsted                          Carol Gossard

6Ts: Six ways to get your Palm® webOS™ phone working again

Palm

John Moses                            Dave Moloney                             Arthur Manzi
Kwong Liew                           Victoria Doll

Force.com Platform Cheat Sheets

Salesforce.com

Jon Mountjoy

Force.com Workbook

Salesforce.com

Mario Korf

Development Lifecycle Guide

Salesforce.com

Mario Korf

Merit

The entry consistently meets high standards in most areas. It might contain a small number of major or minor flaws but it still applies technical communication principles in a highly proficient manner.

Performance in Advent Portfolio Exchange 3.0: A Suite of Web Tutorials

Advent

John Biasatti

iPod nano Quick Start

Apple

Julie Finnigan                        Kimberly Mancebo                     Tom Llewellyn

MacBook Pro User Guide

Apple

Ginny Gelczis

MC2701B CWDM SMART Media Converter – Installation and Activation Guide

Aurora

Cheryl Morris                        Luis Yu

NC2000 1 GHz Optical Node — Installation and Activation Guide

Aurora

Vince Swanson                      Glenn Carley                               Ed Perry

Sun Netra X4270 Server Topic Set

Oracle

Dan Brougher                       Linda Wiesner                             Mike Bloomenfeld
Kristi Caruso                          Asher Miller

Sun ZFS Storage 7700 Unpacking Guide

Oracle

Dany Galgani                        Dan Barnett                                 Linda Wiesner
Ernie Burdick

Chatter Cheat Sheet

Salesforce.com

Mario Korf

Judges

The following people evaluated the entries: Mysti Berry, Patrick Lufkin, Michael Meyer, Joy Montgomery, Chris Muntzer, Bruce Poropat, Vince Swanson, and Alliene Hairston Turner

Volunteers

The following people volunteered in non-judging roles: Guy Haas, Judith Herr, Misty Herr, Joe Humbert, Patrick Lufkin, and Richard Mateosian

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