THE HIGH SCHOOL PELE AWARDS HONORS CREATIVE EXCELLENCE IN THE ART OF ADVERTISING AND DESIGN
In partnership with NMG Network and the Hawaii State Department of Education Career and Technical Education Department, our High School Pele Awards enters its 7th year of competition garnering almost 600 entries from Hawaii High Schools Statewide.
The 2024-25 Call For Entry period - NOW through March 1, 2025.
The Final ONLINE Entry deadline submission date is:
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 12NOON HST
Meet the 2025 Judges
Chase Conching
Principal & Creative Director
LIBRARY CREATIVE librarycreative.co
ROBERT EWING
Executive Producer, Living 808 Film Producer/Director, Weekday Media
KHON2 khon2.com/living-808/
LISETTE MARIE FLANARY
Director/Producer
LEHUA FILMS, LLC. lehuafilms.com
MICAH GONSALVES
Co-Founder
WEEKEND DIGITAL MARKETING weekenddigital.com
NOAH GORDINES
Honolulu Executive Director Business Development Director
CREATIVE MORNINGS creativemornings.com/cities/hnl ELLEMSEE ellemsee.com
LAURYN GORDINES
Edu Trainer Principle Designer, Artist
Adobe adobe.com ELLEMSEE ellemsee.com
Matt Mallams
Director of Photography
Hana Hou! hawaiianairlines.com/hawaii-stories/hana-hou mattmallams.com
JUSTINE MAR
Media Production Assistant
KINETIC PRODUCTIONS INC. kineticproductions.com justinemar.myportfolio.com
MICHELLE MISHINA
Photographer
MICHELLE MISHINA PHOTOGRAPHY michellemishina.com Photo Credit: IJfke Ridgley
TAYLOR NIIMOTO
Managing Designer
NMG NETWORK nmgnetwork.com
KAELYN OKUHATA
Director of Corporate Relations and Partnerships
BISHOP MUSEUM bishopmuseum.org
KRIS SALZER
Associate Creative Director
Anthology Finn Partners anthologygroup.com
LOUIS SCHEER
Senior Designer
SAE DESIGN GROUP SaeDesignGroup.com
AMANDA SHIGEOKA
Marketing Manager
HAWAI’I PACIFIC HEALTH hawaiipacifichealth.org
BRENT SHIRATORI
Vice President, Global Brand
OUTRIGGER RESORTS & HOTELS OUTRIGGER.com
BRITNEY UNOKI
Creative Services Director
OLOMANA LOOMIS ISC olomanaloomisisc.com
LIANA YOUNG
Designer
SAE DESIGN GROUP SaeDesignGroup.com
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- HIGH SCHOOL - CALL FOR ENTRIES
- NOW through March 1, 2025
- PAYMENT DEADLINE
- March 7, 2025 by 4PM HST
- FINALISTS AND NON-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
- April 11, 2025
- 2025 HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE WINNERS REVEAL ON www.PeleAwards.com
- May 03, 2025, 6pm
