2016 Adult
- Amanda Joy | Plagithmysus funebris
- Annamarie Sheehan | Waikamoi Mist
- B H Freeland | The Source
- Barclay Hill | Bigfin Reef Squid
- Benjamin Rachunas | Arching ʻŌhiʻa
- Bill Rathfon | He Pinao Nani
- Brian Kimmel | Fishy Fishy Swim Swim Glub Glub
- Cherie Attix | Pūkiawe, Hawaiian Heather
- Christina Cowan | Hawaiʻi ʻŌʻō
- Christine Waara | ‘Īlio holo i ka uaua
- David Krebs | Out of Balance #1
- Derek Bencomo | Caudalis, 11th View
- Denby Freeland-Cole | Kaʻa iI ka malu
- Donnette-Gene Wilson | Koʻoloaʻula
- Eleykaa Tully | ʻŌhelo Berry
- Gabrielle Anderman | The Silversword ʻJurorʻs Choice Awardʻ
- George Allan | Rebirth-Waikamoi
- Gwen Arkin | Fusion
- Gwen Arkin | Mākū
- Gwen Arkin | Ode to the Bastard Shrub ʻHonorable Mention Awardʻ
- Honey Bun Haynes | Nēnē Resting
- Ian Edmondson | Nēnē Days
- James Petruzzi | Hunting A Rainbow
- Jane Thompson | Skyward
- Jeanne Young | Makuahine ʻŌhiʻa
- Jenna Szerlag | Juvenile ʻIʻiwi
- John “EB” Wittenburg | Regroup
- Judy Bisgard | Moa ʻJurorʻs Choice Awardʻ
- June Lee Palmer | Wiliwili of Kahikinui
- Lucrezia Oddie | Avian Paradise
- Lynx Gallagher | Underwater, Underfoot
- Marie Ritzman | I See You Little Green Bird
- Mary Ann Leigh | Unconventional Milo ʻUmeke (Set of Three)
- Mary Beth Binder | Low Tide
- Mary Grandy | Kokiʻo keʻokeʻo
- Noble Richardson | The Perfect Creature Rarely Seen
- Pamela Neswald | Loulu
- Patte Goff-Williams | Kōlea – The Navigator II
- Roberta Ann Weisenburg | “Ode to East Maui” Cuff
- Sandi Stoner | Koa Leaves
- Sharon Ransford | Aeʻo Kukuluaeʻo
- Sue Yee Verkaart | A Commensal World
- Stacia Huddleston | The One Eyed Owl
- Tania Arens | Into the Koa Forest
- Tom Calhoun | Lele Ai o Na Koa’e Kea ʻHonorable Mention Awardʻ
- Tracy Dudley | Untitled
- Wendy Romanchak | ʻŌhelo
- Wendy Romanchak | The Resuscitation of Kanaloa ʻRarest Find Awardʻ
- Zach Pezzillo | Kōlea lau liʻi
- Zach Pezillo | Wao Akua ʻConservation at Work Awardʻ
- Zach Pezzillo | Native Micro Snails
2016 High School
- Kaila Arai | Surviving Soldier
- Katherine Swor | ʻAʻaliʻi Kū Makani
- Lily Engh | Sprout
- Aebriane Venezuela | Compelling Leaves
- Brody Yamada | Hawaiian Monk Seal
- Brynn Kubo | Growth
- Chais Pascua | ʻAhinahina
- Dyllon Oishi-Mochida | Silver Threads
- Jordan Corn | Ka uʻi Nēnē
- Kaelyn Leval | ʻĀkala ʻJurorʻs Choice Awardʻ
- Kassie Inouye | Many But Few
- Kuponomaikalani Coyle | Unravelling
- Marisa McPhee | Wiliwili
- Noa Vierra | ʻIʻiwi on Blue Lobelia
- Pablo Gonzales | The Young Silversword
- Pāʻia Youth & Cultural Center | ʻĀkala’s Art
- Pāʻia Youth & Cultural Center | “Hāhā” the laughter of Waikamoi
- Sarah Nassar | Lines of Lobelia
- Shaina Gabayeron | Perched
- Shannon Mollena | ʻIhi lāʻau ākea
- Zen Angela Ribao | Pueo
2016 Middle School
- Blake Power | Fern and Laua
- Isa Pandolfi | Fire of Pele
- Mahina Schwartz | ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
- Mākena Sunset Guzman | Aloha Awakea Mr. Honu
- Nealon Guzman | Pueo
- Oscar Shelley | Iron Bird
- Saelyn Savage-Luskin | Monk Seal ʻJurorʻs Choice Awardʻ
- Sophi Moore | Monk Seal Portrait
2016 Elementary School
- Lilinoe Quitazol | Honohono
- Kaden Ortiz | Koaʻe kea
- Jai Manley | ʻAlalā Sun Bath
- Cadence Mckean | The ʻilio holo i ka uaua
- Bailee Hughes | ʻIo
- Bailee Hughes | Eyes of Worry
- Alohi Keahi | ʻIo Summer
- Quinton Siver | Banded Coral Shirmp
- Noah Aguinaldo | Kamehameha Summer
- Marlowe Oliver | Swim ʻJurorʻs Choice Awardʻ
- Lilinoe Quitazol | ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
- Wei Ting Hsu | ʻIʻiwi Summer