Past Contest Winners

2021 Adult Winners

2D

Professional 
  • 1st Place - Diana Miller "ʻŌhiʻa"
  • 2nd Place - Diana Carlson "ʻŌhā Wai: He Minoʻaka o ka ʻAuinalā"​

Amateur
  • 1st Place - Terry J Walker "Moonlit Ferns"
  • 2nd Place - Amy Gillum "Wiliwili Splendor"

3D

Professional
  • 1st Place - Elizabeth Miller "Symbiotic Stories: ʻAlalā and Hōʻawa"
  • 2nd Place - Kate Williams "Koholā and Calves"

Amateur
  • 1st Place - Deborah Masterson "Nananana, Orsonwelles Spider, Orsonwelles Graphicus"
  • 2nd Place - Avalon Paradea "Iwakālua Hāhālua"

Photography

Professional
  • 1st Place - Cody Yamaguchi "E Kuʻu Morning Dew"
  • 2nd Place - J. Griggs "Honu Track"

Amateur
  • 1st Place - Barrett Oglesby "Old Saddle Road Pueo"
  • 2nd Place - James Friday "Flowers of Nohoanu & Nalo Meli Maoli"

Jurorsʻ Choice
  • Scott Gorrell "ʻIo Landing"

Honorable Mention
  • Adare "My Stick"
  • Dawn Sagar "ʻIwa, Ahead of the Storm"
  • Heidi Fickinger "Maiapilo Fading Bloom"

2020 Adult Winners

2D

Professional 
  • 1st Place - Lynn Capell "Hawaiian Honeycreeper Trio"
  • 2nd Place - Susan Champeny "ʻOʻopu ʻAlamoʻo & ʻŌhiʻa Lehua"
  • Honorable Mention - Robin Scanlon "Pulelehua"

Amateur
  • 1st Place - Noah Gomes "ʻŌmeʻo"
  • 2nd Place - Jan Taylor "Regal Nēnē"
  • Honorable Mention - Avalon Paradea "Pua ka wiliwili nanahu ka manō"

3D

Professional
  • 1st Place - Scott Gorrell "ʻIo Soaring"
  • 2nd Place - Maria Macias "Hawaiian Prickly Poppy"
  • Honorable Mention - Emily Herb "ʻŌhiʻa: Tree of Life"

Amateur
  • 1st Place - Melisa Hicks & Mark Somers "Hawaiian ʻŌʻili"
  • 2nd Place - Connie Simon "Flying Manta Ray"
  • Honorable Mention - Margaret Russo "Dappled Things"

Photography

Professional
  • 1st Place - Kathleen Carr "Baby Humpback Whale"
  • 2nd Place - Cody Yamaguchi "Honu"
  • Honorable Mention - Lanaya Deily "Cool Dude"

Amateur
  • 1st Place - Heidi Fickinger "Hau Hibiscus tiliaceus"
  • 2nd Place - Alex Wang "Build Me a Predator Proof Fence Now or Watch Me Go Extinct"
  • Honorable Mention - Andy Feifarek "Waimanu"

Jurorsʻ Choice
  • Kathleen Mishina "Hau Kuahiwi"
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2019 Adult Winners

​Featured Category: Kō ā Kai

Amateur 
  •  2nd Place - Andy Feifarek “Symmetry” 
  • 1st Place - Diana Miller “Life on the Edge”
Professional
  • 2nd Place - Howard Bradley “Kona Aeʻo”
  • 1st Place - Kathleen Carr “Reticulated Butterflyfish in a Reticulated Field”

General Native Species

Amateur 
  •  2nd Place - Alex Wang “ʻAkiapōlāʻau”
  • 1st Place - Lorraine Waianuhea “Na Ka Hau O Maunakea Kuʻu Nio”
Professional 
  •  2nd Place - Jelena Clay “ʻAlalā in ʻŌlapa Tree”
  • 1st Place - Bonnie Hahn “A Walk Along the Shore”

Honorable Mentions
  • David Ford “Manuiwa”
  • Claire Seastone “Kamehameha Chrysalis”
  • Norman Negre 

Jurorsʻ Choice 
  • Lynn Capell “A Delicate Balance”

2018 Adult Winners

Featured Category: Endangered Species of Hawaiʻi Island
Amateur 
  • 2nd Place - Kathleen Mishima “ʻŌhāwai”
  • 1st Place - Bret Mossman “ʻĀkepa o ka Ua”
Professional 
  • 2nd Place - Mydock “Endangered Species - Habitat on fire
  • 1st Place - Jack Jeffrey “Mauna Kea Silversword”

General Native Species
Amateur
  • 2nd Place - Robin Scanlon “Stay strong ʻōhiʻa”
  • 1st Place - Adriane Skinner “Pūpū pōniuniu”
Professional
  • 2nd Place - Liz Miller “Hidden Life on Mauna Loa”
  • 1st Place - Scott Gorrell “Pueo Hunting”

Honorable Mentions
  • Peter Bosted “Hawksbill Hatchling Enters the Ocean
  • Liz Miller “ʻAlalā Places a Star in the Lagoon Nebula”
  • Sarah Ko “Little Bird in the Wild World”
  • Margaret Russo “ʻIʻiwi Vase”

​Jurorsʻ Choice 
  • Robin Racoma “ʻĀhinahina”

2017 Adult Winners

Featured Category Kumulāʻau: Trees
Amateur
  • 1st Place - Arah Ko, ‘Hale ʻŌhiʻa’
  • 2nd Place - Philip Rosenberg, ‘Koa’
​Professional
  • 1st Place - Carol Treadway, ‘Pueo Visits Wiliwili in The Land of ʻIlima’
  • 2nd Place - Mydock, ‘Milo Tree of Life’

General Native Species 
Amateur  
  • 1st Place - Heidi Fickenger, ‘ʻElepaio’
  • 2nd Place - Cody Yamaguchi, ‘ʻAmakihi and Māmane’
Professional
  • 1st Place - Dominic Tidmarsh, ‘Study in Black and White’
  • 2nd Place - Greg West, ‘ʻAmaʻu, Sadleria cyatheoids’

Honorable Mentions
  • Wendy Barske, ‘There Are No Words’  
  • Sherry Partlow, ‘In Memory Metrosideros polymorpha’
  • Lynn Capell, ‘The Secret Life of Trees’

​Jurorsʻ Choice
  • John Dawson, ‘Kīpuka Puaulu, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park’

2016 Adult Winners

Featured Category: National Parks Preserving Pilina
2D Professional
  • Honorable Mention -
    • Dennis Leatherman, “I ola 'oe, I ola mākou nei”
    • Lynn Capell, “Our Avian Friends - Hawaiʻi ʻAmakihi”
    • Robert Matinjussi, “ʻAlalā”
  • 1st Place - John D. Dawson, “Into the Caldera”
2D Amatuer
  • Honorable Mention - Diana Miller, “Lava Coming to Life on the Coastal Plain”
  • 1st Place - Heide Cumes, “Celebrating Kaloko-Honokohau”
3D Professional
  • Honorable Mention -
    • Nash Adams-Pruitt, “Wishing Up Some Creatures”
    • Maka Kahoilua, “Octo' Nut”
  • 1st Place - John Strohbehn, “Pueo”
3D Amatuer
  • 1st Place - Heide Cumes, “The ʻAlalā in Hawaiian Mythology”

General Native Species
2D Professional
  • 1st Place - Bonnie Sol Hahn, “Storm Coming”
2D Amatuer  
  • Honorable Mention -  Karen Schuster, Faces of ʻAlalā II & III
  • 1st Place - Carol Tredway, “ʻApapane in Māmane”
3D Professional  
  • Honorable Mention - Howard Bradley, “Hāpuʻu hou”
  • 1st Place - Mydock
3D Amatuer
  • 1st Place - Margaret Russo, “Na ʻŌmaʻo”
Photography Professional
  • Honorable Mention -
    • Charlene Asato, “ʻUkiʻuki Portrait”
    • Barbara Schaefer, “ʻŌmaʻo in the Koa Forest”
  • 1st Place - Charlene Asato, “Lehua in Mist”
Photography Amatuer
  • 1st Place - David Ford, “Amakihi Down”

Jurors Choice
  • Dominic Tidmarsh, “Census” ​

2021 Youth Winners

Lower Elementary
  • 1st Place - Māpuana Fredrickson "Āholehole"
  • 2nd Place - Lewis Cameron "Hawky the Hawk"

Upper Elementary
  • 1st Place - Ainsley Smith "The Loved Palila Bird"
  • 2nd Place - Tacoma Castillo "ʻAlae ʻUla Guarding the Fire"

Middle School
  • 1st Place - Quincy Tobey "Hawaiʻiʻs Most Wanted...In a Good Way"
  • 2nd Place - Bergamot Fossel "ʻIʻiwi ma Luna o ka Māmane"

High School
  • 1st Place - Alyssia Wiesenbauer "Male & Female ʻĀkepa in the ʻŌhiʻa Forest"
  • 2nd Place - Eden Tobey "Rest in Peace"
Group
  • 1st Place - VSAS 3rd/ 4th Grade Class "Treasured Manu of Hawaiʻi Nei"
  • 2nd Place - Jennings and Auth ʻOhana "Bird of a Feather"

​Jurorsʻ Choice
  • Mallika Bernal "ʻIo"

Honorable Mention
  • ʻŌpua Kern "ʻElepaio Weuweu a Nani"
  • Malia Kusch "Sun Basking"
  • ​Yazmen Craig "ʻIʻiwi"










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2020 Youth Winners

Lower Elementary
  • 1st Place - Lewis Cameron "Long Tip"
  • Honorable Mention
    • ​Jennie Kau "Potterʻs Angelfish"
    • Kahea Levita "ʻIʻiwi Mama"

Upper Elementary
  • 1st Place - ʻŌpua Kern "Puʻu Koa Hinuhinu"
  • Honorable Mention
    • ​Hāwelelani Camara "Miss Hāwelepaio"
    • Sarah Kau "The Coral Reef"
    • Jordyn Osorio "Palila"
    • Quincy Tobey "Full Moon Friends"
    • Keoni Kamaki Cummins "ʻIo - Hawaiian Hawk"​

Middle School
  • 1st Place - Celina Chen "Above the Canopy"
  • Honorable Mention
    • ​Miley Auth "Nēnē"
    • Madelyn Awaya "Beauty of Birds"
    • Tess Hagan "I See You"
    • Ella Mettler "A Snails Life"
    • Harper Highfill "ʻAlaʻPop"
    • Hayden Takiue "Hawaiʻi Creeper"​

High School
  • 1st Place - Eden Tobey "Fusion"
  • Honorable Mention​
    • ​Claire Texeira "Taking Flight Over a Kona Moon"
Group
  • 1st Place - Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo "A ulu e, a kupu e"

​Jurorsʻ Choice
  • Jasmine Christie "ʻAumakua Spirits"





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2019 Youth Winners

Featured Category: Kō ā kai
Lower Elementary
  • Honorable Mention
    • Noah Cunningham “Hawaiian Duck”
    • Makenzie Davis “Honu”
  • 1st Place - Eva Moore “Boxfish”

Upper Elementary 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Miley Auth “Helmet Urchin”
    • Ainsley Smith “Mermaid Lagoon”
  • 1st Place - Mercy Dunn “Kihikihi Map”

Middle School 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Kaʻōpualani Puniwai-Ganoot “Limu”
    • Ezra Monello “Hawaiian Puffer”
  • 1st Place - Kaʻōnohi Puniwai-Ganoot “Giant Squid”

High School 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Ava Baker “Recycled Marine” 
    • Damia Burns “Jelly Fish”
  • 1st Place - Tara Davis “Coastal Reef”

Group Entry 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Christian Hunt & Ben Birk “Amazing Creatures”
    • Haʻaheo 4th Grade “Ma Ke Kai” 
  • 1st Place - Waiākea Intermediate Art Class Kumu Carrie Edgil “Plastic Reef”

General Native Species
Lower Elementary 
  • Honorable Mention
    • Saybri Enos “Follow the Leader”
    • Brady Shiroma “The Damselfly”
  • 1st Place - Khloe Ontiveros “In The Forest”

Upper Elementary
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Jaxon Smith “Happy Little Mistakes” 
    • Senaka Reddy “ʻŌhiʻa Mug Etched”
  • 1st Place - Quincy Tobey “Before Us” 

Middle School 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Alayna York “Forest Birds”
    • Malika Bernal “Pueo”
  • 1st Place - Tiffany Wong “Across the Sky”

High School 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Jasmine Christie “ʻŌhiʻa Forest”
    • Jubilee Nelson “Napping Nēnē”
  • 1st Place - Jasmine Christie “Impacts”

Group Entry
  • Honorable Mention - VSAS 3rd & 4th Grade Kumu Laura Warner “Impressions of Kumulipo”
  • 1st Place - Anwar Genz & Ava Yamanaka “Bucky”

​Jurorʻs Choice 
  • Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo “A Moku Lehua Nui”

2018 Youth Winners

Featured Category: Endangered Species of Hawaiʻi Island
Lower Elementary 
  • Honorable Mention - Milo Cole “King of the Forest”
  • 1st Place - Liam Bauer “ʻŌhelo Feast”
Upper Elementary 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Ezra Monello “Hawaiʻi ʻĀkepa”
    • Kade Economy “The ʻAlalā”
  • 1st Place - Harper Highfill “Beaks of Hawaiʻi”
Middle School 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Duke Ridgley “Hawaiian Hoary Bat”
    • Maluhia Nahuina “Come Back”
  • 1st Place - Kamakani McKeague “Aeʻo”
High School 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Uʻilani Barongan “ʻAlalā”
    • Lilliana Galarneau “Nēnē”
  • 1st Place - Erica Greig “Mother and Baby Monk Seals”

General Native Species
Lower Elementary 
  • Honorable Mention - Ava Dement “Koa Rainbows”
  • 1st Place - Rhett Auth “ʻIʻiwi”
Upper Elementary 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Leilani Castillo “ʻAmakihi and ʻōhiʻa”
    • Hāwelelani Camara “Pulelehua”
  • 1st Place - Yuriy Russo “Humu”
Middle School 
  • 1st Place - Kahealani Lidgett “Our Planet Our Hawaiʻi”
High School 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Shannon Augustin “ʻIʻiwi”
    • Nicholas Anderson “Aukuʻu”
  • 1st Place - Maiya Amano “Light in the Woods”
Group Entry
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Jane Wellʻs 2nd Grade Class at Volcano School of Arts and Sciences
    • Laura Warnerʻs 3rd Grade Class at Volcano School of Arts and Sciences
  • 1st Place - Ka Lā Hiki Ola “Working Together”
Jurors Choice
  • Hawaiʻi Academy of Arts and Sciences  “Folio of the Endangered”

2017 Youth Winners

Featured Category Kumulāʻau: Trees
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Matoi Taguchi, ‘Untitled’
    • Haʻaheo School 6th Grade, ‘Our Forest’
  • 1st Place - Isabella Mettler, ‘ʻIʻiwi in the Kaloko Forest’
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General Native Species
Lower Elementary
  • Honorable Mention  
    • Liam Bauer, ‘ʻAlalā Finding Food’
    • Hāwelelani Camara, ‘ʻIʻiwi and Lehua’
  • 1st Place - Hāwelelani Camara, ‘Magenta Magic’
Upper Elementary
  • Honorable Mention
    • Ezra Monelo, ‘The Hawaiian ʻIʻiwi’  
    • Sasha Shiroma, ‘Aeʻo’
  • 1st Place - Saint Joseph School 4th Grade, ‘Hawai‘i Nei’
Middle School
  • Honorable Mention - Grace Merryman, "‘ʻĪlioholoikauaua’"
  • 1st Place - Sofya Helms, "‘ʻElepaio’"

High School
  • Honorable Mention - Nanami Taono, ‘Sunny Day’
  • 1st Place - Aimee Vicente Ito, ‘Untitled’

​Juror's Choice
  • Miley Auth, ‘Māmaki’

2016 Youth Winners

Featured Category: National Parks Preserving Pilina
Youth
  • Honorable Mention -
    • Kea Kahoilua Clebsch, “Tropical Melody”
    • Blayden Grace, “The Hawaiian Nēnē”
  • 1st Place - Kea Kahoilua Clebsch, “Happy Honu using oil pastels on canvas”
Group
  • Honorable Mention - Ha'aheo 5th Grade, “Our Pilina to our Island”
  • 1st Place - Kumu Mariposa KOKL PCS `Ainaola blanco, “Endemic Edibles of HNP and Puna Makai”

General Native Species
Lower Elementary
  • Honorable Mention -
    • ʻOhiwai Camara, “Puʻu Koa Surprise”
    • Lilian Park, “Leaves”
    • Isabella Mettler, “ʻIʻiwi Bird”
  • 1st Place - Hāwelelani Camara, “Udara Beauty”
Upper Elementary
  • Honorable Mention -
    • Enoch Kumpel, “Hawaiian Monk Seal”  
    • Benjamin Wyatt, “Pueo Has Eyes On You”
  • 1st Place - Enoch Kumpel, “Hawaiʻi Creeper”
    
Middle School
  • Honorable Mention - Phoebe Wyatt, “Hawaiian Lace”

High School
  • Honorable Mention - Aaron McLean, Honu
  • 1st Place - Aidan Murray, “Nocturnal Protector”

Group
  • 1st Place - Isabella & Heather Mettle, “Koa Bug”

Juror’s Choice
U'ilani Barongan, “Beautiful Destruction”

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