UH Hilo student writers recognized for excellence
UH Hilo English department announces Spring 2017 Droste Award recipients; students honored for their work in composition, fiction, playwriting, poetry and papers.
The Department of English at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo announced six student winners of Howard and Yoneko Droste Awards for excellence in writing. An additional two students received bookstore vouchers.
Brandon Ikaika Field‘s paper, “Aquaculture: Sustainable or Disdainful,” won a $250 award for Outstanding 100-Level Composition Paper. Field is majoring in agriculture with a specialty in aquaculture and minoring in marine science.
English major Kai Gaitley‘s analytical essay, “Quote Journal 2: Neoptolemus,” received a $250 award for Outstanding 200-Level English Paper.
Computer Science major Derrick O’Brien received $250 for the Writing for the Majors award for his essay, “The Effects of Radiation that Lead to the Creation of a Natural Utopia.”
English major Amanda Canda received a $250 award for Outstanding Work in Fiction for her short story, “Good Ol’ Dependable Francis.”
Geography major Zoe Whitney, who is minoring in English, was awarded $250 for Outstanding Work in Playwriting. Whitney’s one-act play is titled, “The Last Journalist.”
English major Martabella Freedman received the $500 award for Outstanding Upper-Division English Paper for her paper, “Graphic Literature: Comics as Advanced Storytelling.” Freedman also won the $250 Droste award for Outstanding Portfolio of Poetry.
In addition, two English majors, Kim Leolani Kalama and Danielle Dodge, received $250 Droste book vouchers to the UH Hilo Bookstore.
The awards are made possible by an endowment donated by the late Howard and Yoneko Droste, longtime faculty members who taught a combined total of 45 years at UH Hilo.
