The Hawaii Publishers Association proudly presents
the 23rd Annual Pa'i Awards
Winners were announced on April 1, 2008

Category 1 – Spot News Reporting

First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin– “Don Ho – “We’ll Remember You”
Second place – The Honolulu Advertiser - “Army’s Worst Day”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Again”

Category 2 – Editorial Feature

First place – Spirit of Aloha – “Into the Remnant Forest”
Second place – Hawaii Business - "What School You Went”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin - "The Hefty Influence"

Category 3 – Editorial Enterprise Reporting

First place – West Hawaii Today - “School fire alarms”
Second place – Honolulu Weekly – “Honolulu’s homeless”
Third place – Honolulu Magazine – “Ready for the real world?”

Category 4 – Editorial Series

First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Hokule’a Voyage”
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin - "Hidden Wounds"
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser - "Sunshine Week"

Category 5 – Editorial Opinion

First place – Hawaii Tribune-Herald - “A decision best left to consumers”
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin - “Waikele beating does not meet hate-crime standard”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “He had magic”

Category 6 – Investigative Reporting

First place – The Honolulu Advertiser - “Public pays price for state’s secrecy on crash data”
Second place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Hawai’i’s rules lax on oversight of charities”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “How legislators fund nonprofits a mystery”

Category 7 – Editorial Column Department

First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – Lee Cataluna
Second place – Honolulu Magazine – Kathryn Drury Wagner
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser – Christie Wilson

Category 8 – Sports Reporting

First place – Hana Hou! – “Motu Football”
Second place – Hawaii Business – “Fight Club”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Colt Won’t Bolt”

Category 8 – Sports Reporting

First place – Hana Hou! – “Motu Football”
Second place – Hawaii Business – “Fight Club”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Colt Won’t Bolt”

Category 9 – Business & Industry Reporting

First place – Hawaii Business - “The Line in the Sand”
Second place – Hawaii Business - “A Blossoming Business”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser - “Hawaiian Airlines vs Mesa Air Group”

Category 10 – Arts & Entertainment

First place – Hana Hou! – “Bound for Glory”
Second place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Born to play Rafiki”
Third place – Hana Hou! – “Frond Embrace”

Category 11 – Breaking Business News

First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “go! Rulings effect may be higher fares””
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Buyer of St. Francis hospitals laying off up to 150”
Third place – Pacific Business News – “I.D theft’s ‘gold mine’ of mortgage files dumped in recycling bins”

Category 12 – Editorial Cartoon

First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Dick Adair”
Second place – Honolulu Weekly– “John Pritchett”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Corky Trinidad”

Category 13 – Sports Photography

First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “12-0! Yes!”
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Roosevelt clichés East”
Third place – Hana Hou! – “Motu Football”

Category 14 – Feature Photography - Coated Stock

First place – Where Guestbook – “Akule”
Second place – Spirit of Aloha – “Into the Remnant Forest”
Third place – Where Guestbook – “Hang Glider”

Category 15 – Feature Photography - Newsprint

First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Rain Supreme"
Second place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “USS Oklahoma Memorial”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Art of hula defies classification"

Category 16 – Spot News Photography

First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Troubled Waters"
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin - "Huge Fire Gives Way"
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser - "Flow of Traffic Disrupted"

Category 17 – Essay Photography – Coated stock

First place – Hawaii Hotel Network – “Chant”
Second place – The Kahala – “The Saviors”
Third place – The Kahala – “Sweet Dreams”

Category 18 – Essay Photography – Newsprint

First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Photo Finish”
Second place – West Hawaii Today – “Training Day”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Category 19 – Visitor Publication Photography

First place – Where Guestbook - “Fish School,”
Second place – The Kahala - “The Saviors Spread”
Third place – Hawaii Hotel Network - “Legends”

Category 20 – Excellence in Design - Coated stock

First place – Spirit of Aloha – “Haloa”
Second place – Ala Moana Magazine – “Urban Paradise”
Third place – Hawaii Hotel Network – “I’m an Old Cowhand – In Hawaii”

Category 21 – Excellence in Design – Newsprint

First place – Honolulu Star- Bulletin – “Winds of Change”
Second place – West Hawaii Today – “Puzzle Man”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser - “Condotels: Is the game over yet?”

Category 22 – Excellence in Illustration - Coated stock

First place – Honolulu Magazine – “The Sour Poi Awards”
Second place – Hawaii Hotel Network – “AO”
Third place – Hahalua Magazine – “Bridging Generations”

Category 23 – Excellence in Illustration - Newsprint

First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Bustin' the Broncos”
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “All hail the King”
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Caught in the Crosswalk”

Category 24 – Excellence in Cover Design

First place – Spirit of Aloha
Second place – The Kahala
Third place – Honolulu Weekly

Category 25 – Excellence in Informational Graphics

First place – The Honolulu Advertiser – “Your Guide to Hawaii Superferry”
Second place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “Inside Big Mo’s Guns”
Third place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – “All Aboard”

Category 26 – Directories

First place – Honolulu Magazine - Restaurant Guide
Second place – Pacific Business News – Book of Lists
Third place – Maui Wedding Planner

Category 27 – Program Booklet

First place – Warriors Report
Second place – Cherry Blossom Festival
Third place – Moku O Keawe International Festival

Category 28 – Trade Magazine

First place – Building Industry-November 2007
Second place – Hawaii Hospitality-January/February 2007
Third place – Hawaii Hospitality-May/June 2007

Category 29 – Special Section Excellence

First place – Honolulu Star-Bulletin - “Warriors Report”
Second place – Hawaii Tribune-Herald - “A Guide to the 44th Merrie Monarch Festival”
Third place – Building Industry - “Construction Preview”

Category 30 – Japanese Language Publication Excellence –
Over 500M p/yr

First place – Aloha Street
Second place – Japanese Guide to Hawaii-Ai

Category 31 – Japanese Language Publication Excellence –
Under 500M p/yr

First place – Aloha Street Big Island and Neighbor Islands
Second place – Lea Lea Magazine
Third place – The Honolulu Advertiser

Category 32 – Visitor Publication Excellence - Over 500M p/yr

First place – Hana Hou!
Second place – Ala Moana
Third place – Maui Drive Guide

Category 33 – Visitor Publication Excellence – Under 500M p/yr

First place – The Kahala
Second place – Where Guestbook – Kaua’i
Third place – Wailea Magazine

Category 34 – Non-daily Newspaper Excellence

First place – Pacific Business News
Second place – Maui Weekly

Category 35 – School Newspaper Excellence

First place – Ka Leo
Second place – Kalamalama

 

Why were these publications chosen as Pa'i winners?
Please click to view and download a pdf file with
the list of 2008 Pa'i Award Winners plus Judges Comments.
(There is also a mini-photo gallery of award winners)