Announcements
Announcements
Aug 22, 2025
For the second consecutive year, Anthology FINN Partners was honored with the prestigious Best of Show award at the 42nd annual Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Hawai‘i Chapter Koa Anvil Awards, held last night at the Prince Waikiki hotel. The evening’s top honor was awarded for Anthology FINN Partners’ outstanding work on the Nia Tero: Amplifying Indigenous Guardianship of Earth public relations campaign. The agency took home a total of 24 awards at the ceremony, include five Koa Anvil Awards for complete campaign efforts.
Another highlight of the evening was the recognition of Anthology’s own Suzie Park as PRSA Hawai‘i Chapter’s Hōkūpa‘a Young PR Professional of the Year. The Hōkūpa‘a Award, named after the North Star, honors a promising Hawai‘i PR professional in their initial years in the profession demonstrating exceptional leadership, achievement and commitment to Hawai‘i’s public relations industry.
The award ceremony’s winning Koa Anvil campaign and Koa Hammer tactic honors represent a wide range of public relations and integrated marketing disciplines and sectors, from crisis communications and media relations to brand management and community engagement. Anthology also received a President’s Honorable Mention Award for doubling their number of awards over last year.
“We are incredibly proud of our team and the work they do serving our clients in helping them tell their stories and uplifting our community as a whole,” said Dennis Christianson, managing partner of Anthology FINN Partners. “These awards are a testament to our team’s dedication to informative research, thoughtful strategy, authentic storytelling and the strong partnerships we foster with our clients to achieve successful and measurable results.”
Anthology FINN Partners’ awards represented outstanding work for a diverse array of clients. Our awards were:
Best of Show
Nia Tero: Amplifying Indigenous Guardianship of Earth
Entered by Anthology FINN Partners on behalf of Nia Tero.
Koa Anvils
- Crisis Communications: Travel and Tourism/Hospitality — Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau: “Mālama Maui Recovery Phase II: From Loss to Light: It’s OK to Visit Maui”
- Public Affairs: Business — Ulupono Initiative: “Statewide Public Perception Survey of Renewable Energy Development in Hawaiʻi”
- Public Service: Government — City and County of Honolulu Elections Division: “Vote Early, Honolulu: Driving Civic Engagement Through a Multi-Platform, Multilingual Campaign”
- Reputation/Brand Management: Associations/Nonprofit Organizations — Nia Tero: “Amplifying Indigenous Guardianship of Earth”
- Reputation/Brand Management: Travel and Tourism Hospitality — Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau: “The Hawaiian Islands: Travel Journalism’s Evolution Inspires Our Virtual Blitz Revolution”
Koa Anvil Awards of Excellence
- Community Relations: Business (Services) — Kalaeloa Desalco: “Open House 2 for Proposed Kalaeloa Seawater Desalination Plant”
- Events and Observances (Seven Days or Fewer): Business (Products) — “Kamehameha Schools Kaiāulu and Windward Mall Present Ho‘oulu He‘eia”
- Issues Management: Business — Kalaeloa Desalco: “Open House 2 for Proposed Kalaeloa Seawater Desalination Plant”
- Issues Management: Government — Kalaeloa Desalco: “Open House 2 for Proposed Kalaeloa Seawater Desalination Plant”
- Media Relations: Travel and Tourism/Hospitality — Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau: “Personalized Paths to FestPAC”
- Public Service: Associations/Nonprofit Organizations — Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i: “Advancing Economic Diversification: Chamber of Commerce Launches 2030 Blueprint for Hawai‘i”
- Public Service: Government — Hawai‘i State Department of Health, Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division: “Beating the Odds and Overwhelming Demand: How Hawaiʻi’s ‘Beat Diabetes’ Campaign Achieved a Surge in Prevention Program Enrollment”
- Reputation/Brand Management: Travel and Tourism Hospitality — Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau: “Seeing is Believing: Building a Better, More Customized Hawai‘i Media Visit”
Koa Hammer Awards of Excellence
- Brochures: Fewer than 10 Pages — “Stadia Financial Brochure”
- Internal Video Programs — “Nareit Hawaii Reception Video”
- Media Relations: Business to Business (Other) — “Hawai‘i Tourism Authority Launches Qurator Certification to Support Hawai‘i Businesses”
- Media Relations: Travel and Tourism/Hospitality — “Polynesian Cultural Center’s 32nd Annual We Are Samoa Festival: World Fireknife Championships”
- Press Conferences — “Hawai‘i Tourism Authority Launches Qurator Certification, The Broadest Responsible-Tourism Certification of Its Kind”
- Publications: Single Issue Newsletters/Booklets/Pamphlets — “Pioneering a Legacy: The Hawaiʻi Gas 2023 Sustainability Report”
- Social Media: Social Media Video-Based Marketing Program — “Meet the Mavericks of TASI Bank”
- Websites: External — “Parker Ranch Website Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future”
Ulupono Initiative
Kamehameha Schools / Windward Mall
Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau
Parker Ranch
A total 87 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 leaders in Hawai‘i’s public relations field with individual honors:
- Makana McClellan, Office of the Governor, State of Hawai‘i – President’s Leadership Award
- Caroline Witherspoon, Becker Communications – Gregg W. Perry Public Relations Professional of the Year
The PRSA Hawai‘i Chapter Koa Anvil Awards is a regional awards competition and ceremony honoring the best work from Hawai‘i’s public relations programs and practitioners. This year’s competition, comprised of campaigns created and executed in 2024, was judged by the PRSA Philadelphia Chapter, based in Pennsylvania.
For more information on the PRSA Hawai‘i Koa Anvil Awards, visit www.prsahawaii.org.