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Sep 4, 2024
Anthology FINN Partners took home 12 awards at the 41st annual Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Hawai‘i Chapter Koa Anvil Awards, including the evening’s top prize of Best in Show.
The coveted Best of Show award, which honors the public relations campaign receiving the highest score of all winners in the award program’s Koa Anvil category, went to Anthology for its work on the “Mālama Maui — Recovery Phase” campaign in collaboration its clients the Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau and Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau on behalf of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.
The Mālama Maui campaign’s Koa Anvil award — which placed it in competition for the Best of Show award — was in the category of Reputation/Brand Management: Travel and Tourism/Hospitality. The award now goes on to compete in PRSA’s Best of the West Awards at the Western Regional level.
Anthology received two additional Koa Anvil awards, which recognize outstanding achievements in conceptualizing and conducting full public relations programs for clients, and a Koa Anvil Award of Excellence. The team was also honored with a Koa Hammer award, recognizing outstanding public relations tactics in communications campaigns, and six Koa Hammer Awards of Excellence.
This year’s PRSA Hawai‘i Chapter Koa Anvil Awards were held on August 22 at the Prince Waikiki hotel. The annual regional awards competition and ceremony honors the best work from Hawai‘i’s public relations programs and practitioners. This year’s competition, comprised of campaigns created and executed in 2023, was judged by the PRSA Hoosier Chapter, based in Indiana.
Anthology’s 12 awards spanned outstanding work for multiple clients. The awards were:
Best of Show
Hawaii Tourism Authority /
Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau /
Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau
- Hawai‘i Visitors and Conventions Bureau’s Mālama Maui — Recovery Phase
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners and the Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau on behalf of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.
Koa Anvils
Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau /
Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau
Grace Pacific and the
State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation
- Community Relations: Business (Services): Mākaha Bridge Replacement Project Community Outreach and Mitigation Program
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners and StrongArm Communications on behalf of Grace Pacific and the State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation.
- Issues Management: Business: Mākaha Bridge Replacement Project Community Outreach and Mitigation Program
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners and StrongArm Communications on behalf of Grace Pacific and the State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation.
- Reputation/Brand Management: Travel and Tourism/Hospitality: Hawai‘i Visitors and Conventions Bureau’s Mālama Maui — Recovery Phase
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners and the Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau on behalf of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.
Koa Anvil Awards of Excellence
- Events and Observances (7 Days or Fewer): Associations/Nonprofit Organizations: Honolulu Festival: The Return of Honolulu Festival After a Three-Year Absence
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners on behalf of the Honolulu Festival Foundation
Koa Hammers
Hawaiian Airlines
- Creative Tactics: Hawaiian Airlines 95th Anniversary Mobile Museum
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners on behalf of Hawaiian Airlines.
Koa Hammer Awards of Excellence
Hawai‘i Tourism Authority
Nareit Hawaii
Invision Imaging
- Audio Programs: Mākaha Bridge Replacement 24/7 Hotline
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners and StrongArm Communications on behalf of Grace Pacific and the State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation.
- Brochures (Fewer Than 10 Pages): Nareit Hawaii Informational Brochure
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners on behalf of Nareit Hawaii.
- External Video Programs: Mākaha Bridge Replacement Project Construction Livestream
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners and StrongArm Communications on behalf of Grace Pacific and the State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation.
- Media Relations (Travel & Tourism/Hospitality). Hawai‘i Tourism Authority Communications Outreach on Tragic Maui Wildfires
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners and StrongArm Communications on behalf of Grace Pacific and the State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation.
- Press Conferences: 27th Annual Honolulu Festival Announces Return of Event After Pandemic
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners on behalf of the Honolulu Festival Foundation.
- Websites: External: New Website for InVision Imaging at Merger Announcement
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners on behalf of InVision Imaging.
A total of 68 awards in Koa Anvil and Koa Hammer categories were handed out at this year’s PRSA Hawai‘i Chapter Koa Anvil Awards ceremony. PRSA Hawai‘i also recognized colleagues, leaders and emerging professionals in Hawai‘i’s public relations field for individual honors. They were:
- Huy Vo – Gregg W. Perry Public Relations Professional of the Year
- Laura Young – Hōkūpa‘a Young Public Relations Professional of the Year
- Erica Yamauchi – President’s Leadership Award
Congratulations to our Anthology FINN Partners team on all of its award-winning work!
For more information on the PRSA Hawai‘i Koa Anvil Awards, visit www.prsahawaii.org.