HONOLULU Magazine Wins 13 Awards This Year
The magazine earned kudos locally and nationally for our writing and design. So, if you’re looking for some great reads, we have a few suggestions.
We love writing about Honolulu. It’s why we do what we do. When we’re rewarded for our work, we just have to say “aw, shucks.” Thank you to all the people who have let us tell your stories. Here is a chance to read (or reread) some of our now award-winning work.
“soldiering on” in our december issue was turned into a multi-media section on honolulumagazine.com.
HONOLULU earned two City and Regional Magazine Association honors during its virtual conference in May. Competing against other city and regional publications across the U.S. including Chicago, Boston and Washingtonian magazines, HONOLULU’s dining editor Martha Cheng was named a finalist for her writing, while a whole team headed up by writer Jayna Omaye won best multimedia storytelling for our web series “Soldiering On: 17 Nisei Veterans Share Stories of the Lives They Built in Hawaiʻi.” Along with Jayna, photographer Aaron K. Yoshino, digital editorial specialist Katie Kenny, art director Janelle Kalawe-Ching and creative director James Nakamura put it together. (Make sure to watch the video of how we put this story together. It truly was a passion project for Jayna and Aaron, grandchildren of 442nd veterans.)
Our contributing editor Don Wallace was recognized for his passion for local literature with the Literary Art Council’s Loretta D. Petrie Award, an award he wrote about for us when it first debuted in 2017. The honor recognizes outstanding service to Hawaiʻi’s literary community and has also gone to Bamboo Ridge founders Darrell Lum and Eric Chock. All you need to do is look at some of his recent pieces for HONOLULU including “50 Essential Hawaiʻi Books,” “The Hawaiʻi Writer’s Life” and numerous author interviews and book reviews (we all turn to him to find out what we should read next) and you’ll see why the author of four books was selected by his peers.
HONOLULU also took home nine awards at the Society of Professional Journalists Hawai‘i Chapter’s annual Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Arts/Entertainment Writing
Second Place: “A Journey of Ethnic Proportions,” Jayna Omaye
Judge’s Comments: “A delightful behind-the-scenes look at why it’s so important to preserve the cultural differences and traditions that make Hawaiʻi such a unique place.”
robbie dingeman’s story on rap reiplinger was designed by art director louis scheer.
Third Place: “Remembering Rap,” Robbie Dingeman
Judge’s Comments: “Toggling back and forth between book excerpts and the sneak peek article is an interesting way to draw the readers’ attention. It gives just enough away to hook you into the full plot but leaves enough unanswered that you find yourself itching to read the whole story.”
Special Section
Third Place: “Restaurant Guide,” HONOLULU Team
Judge’s Comments: “Beautiful images and interesting design throughout.”
Part of our March 2019 Restaurant Guide. the art director on this feature was christine labrador.
Best Multimedia Presentation
Second Place: “Soldiering On,” Jayna Omaye, Aaron K. Yoshino, Janelle Kalawe-Ching, Katie Kenny, James Nakamura
Profile
Third Place: “Remembering Rap,” Robbie Dingeman
Feature Writing/Long Form
Third Place: “Hawaiʻi’s Transgender Teens,” Cynthia Wessendorf
The august story on “The Hawaiʻi Writer’s Life” is one of the many pieces that earned Don Wallace an SPJ award for 2019.
Body of Work-Single Writer
Third Place: Don Wallace
our february 2019 issue.
Overall Page Design
Second Place: February, May, December: James Nakamura, Christine Labrador, Janelle Kalawe-Ching, Louis Scheer and Shelley Shiroma
Judge’s Comments: “The aesthetic approach on very down-to-earth subject matters (small homes, veterans, podcasts, Olympic surfers) is absolutely beautiful. Your team of amazing designers are showcasing the fantastic talent of HONOLULU Magazine’s photographers, writers and editors.
Magazine Cover
Third Place: September, James Nakamura
Congratulations are also in order to our sister publications HAWAI‘I Magazine and Hawai‘i Business for all their hard work, as well. Our company aio Media took home a total of 21 SPJ Awards.
