KOA Anvil Awards
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 a competition to develop better plans, use creativity to produce better results, increase professional skills to produce the best public relations programs and tools that keep the professional motivated and moving forward.
ONLINE ENTRY SUBMISSION
Please click here to begin the submission process for your entry. For guidelines and more information, please refer to the 2025 Call for Entries manual.
INDIVIDUAL AWARD NOMINATIONS
Please download the nomination forms for the following:
Awards & Honorees
There are two main categories:
- Koa Anvil Awards for outstanding public relations programs and campaigns
- Koa Hammer Awards for tactics that are part of a communications campaign
We also recognize distinguished individuals who have demonstrated their leadership in the public relations field:
- Gregg W. Perry PR Professional of the Year
- Hōkūpa‘a Young PR Professional of the Year
- President’s Leadership Award
- Hall of Honor Award
- Alakai o ke Kaiaulu Award