Awards

2010 Koa Anvil Awards
Public Relations Society of America – Hawaii Chapter

 

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 the 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.

The Hawaii Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) conducts the annual Koa Anvil Awards competition to recognize outstanding public relations programs and tactics, and to encourage improved public relations performance and techniques.

The Koa Anvil Awards recognize complete public relations programs incorporating sound research, planning, execution, and evaluation. They must meet the highest standards of performance in the profession.

The Koa Hammer Awards recognize outstanding public relations tactics that are a part of a communications campaign. These include research, writing, publications, and audio and visual communications vehicles.

The Gregg W. Perry Public Relations Professional of the Year Award, presented by PRSA Hawaii, honors an exemplary practitioner who, during a distinguished career, has made a major contribution to the profession and has applied public relations techniques in a professional manner to achieve meaningful objectives.

The Hokupaa Award, named after the North Star, is symbolic of a guiding force that always provides leadership to peers in the profession. This award recognizes a relative newcomer to public relations for demonstrating exceptional leadership potential and achievement in his/her initial years in the profession.

The PRSA Hawaii President’s Leadership Award recognizes an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the success of the chapter and the profession.

As the highest honor bestowed by the chapter, the PRSA Hawaii Hall of Honor recognizes the ultimate public relations practitioners with distinguished and exemplary careers in public relations who have used the profession to help create understanding between the community and organizations or companies they represented.

 

IMPORTANT DATES

April 16    Early Bird Deadline – 5 p.m. HST
SAVE! Save $25 by submitting your entry(s) before the early bird deadline of April 16, 2010.

Payment may be made by credit card (American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or Visa only) or check payable to “PRSA Hawaii” in the amount of $50 for members and $75 for non-members for each early bird entry. Entry fees are not refundable. Note: You will be charged a credit card processing fee.

April 30    Final Deadline – 5 p.m. HST

All entries MUST be received at McNeil Wilson Communications by the final deadline of April 30, 2010, before 5 p.m.

July 22        27th Koa Anvil Awards Celebration Dinner

Entries submitted between the early bird deadline and final deadline (April 16 to April 30, 2010) are $75 for members and $100 for non-members, $50 non-profit and sole practitioners PRSA member and $75 non-profit and sole practitioners non-member. Entry fees are not refundable. Note: You will be charged a credit card processing fee.

Only one Koa Anvil or Hammer may be awarded in each subcategory. Up to two other entries in each subcategory may be awarded an Award of Excellence. No awards are given in categories where judges determine that the entries do not merit them.

Finalists in each category will be notified by early June 2010. From these finalists, the Koa Anvil, Koa Hammer, and Award of Excellence winners will be announced on July 22, 2010, at the 27th Koa Anvil Celebration.

Best of Show - Koa Anvil
Koa Anvil winners in all categories are automatically considered for the Best of Koa Anvil Award (also awarded on July 22) representing the finest example of public relations programming in 2009.

Eligibility
This competition is open to all public relations professionals in Hawaii, not just PRSA members. There is a separate category that recognizes undergraduate students for professionalism. A major portion of the program must have occurred between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. Programs tend to have better chances of winning near their completion, when evaluation against initial objectives can be measured.

 

For more information, download the full PRSA Call for Entries 2010 details here.

Download the 2010 Award Entry Form here.