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Anthology Wins Best of Show at 2019 PRSA Hawaii Koa Anvil Awards

Aug 1, 2019

The Hawai‘i chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) celebrated the best in Hawai‘i’s public relations industry at the 36th Annual Koa Anvil Awards ceremony on July 26 in downtown Honolulu.

Anthology at the 2019 Koa Anvil Awards
Photo Credit: Red Ring Studio

The Best of Show award, which honors the campaign that received the highest score in the Anvil category, went to Anthology Marketing Group for its 2018 campaign on behalf of the Island of Hawai‘i Visitors Bureau, “Live Pono: Hawaiʻi Island Launches the Pono Pledge.”

Anthology also won seven awards, with work spanning multiple divisions:

Community Relations: Business (Services)

  • Koa Anvil Award: Aloha Pacific and Kekaha Credit Union Merger
  • Anthology on behalf of Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union

Community Relations: Government

  • Award of Excellence: Airport Guideway and Stations Year 2: Rail Construction Reaches Pearl Harbor
  • Anthology on behalf of HART/STG

Crisis Communications: Travel and Tourism/Hospitality

  • Award of Excellence: Kilauea Volcano Eruption Impact on Hawai‘i Island Tourism
  • Anthology on behalf of the Island of Hawai‘i Visitors Bureau

Marketing Consumer Services: Financial Services

  • Award of Excellence: Aloha Pacific and Kekaha Credit Union Merger
  • Anthology on behalf of Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union

Marketing Consumer Services: Travel and Tourism/Hospitality

  • Award of Excellence: Maui Nui, More Than an Island
  • Anthology on behalf of Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau

Public Service: Travel and Tourism/Hospitality

  • Koa Anvil Award: Live Pono: Hawaiʻi Island Launches the Pono Pledge
  • Anthology on behalf of the Island of Hawai‘i Visitors Bureau

Media Relations (Associations/NonProfit Organizations)

  • Koa Hammer Award of Excellence: Battleship Missouri Memorial Superstructure Preservation Project
  • Anthology on behalf of Battleship Missouri Memorial

In addition, PRSA Hawai‘i honored industry leaders and recognized up-and-coming talent within the public relations field, all of whom are Anthology clients:

  • Gregg W. Perry Public Relations Professional of the Year Award – Darlene Morikawa, Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau
  • Hokupa‘a Young Public Relations Professional of the Year Award – Sarah Pacheco, Hawai‘i Pacific Health
  • President’s Leadership Award – Elisa Yadao, Hawai‘i Medical Service Association

Anthology Public Relations Team
Photo Credit: Aloha I Do LLC

Established in 1983, the Koa Anvil Awards captures and celebrates the four rings of excellence for which the Koa Anvil competition is judged: research, planning, execution and evaluation. It is a competition to develop better plans, use creativity to produce better results, increase professional skill to produce the best public relations programs and tools that keep the professional motivated and moving forward.