2017 Adult
- Alia Kealoha – Koa Bug
- B H Freeland – Lehua Mamo at Kēōkea
- Bryon Berkowitz – Higashino Hands
- Byron Baker – Elegant
- Carmen Gardner – Mālama na ʻŌhiʻa
- Caroline Killhour – Yellow Faced Bee
- Christine Cafferata – Koa Leaf Necklace
- Craig Gardner – Coastwatcher
- David Welty – Koa Lani
- Debbie Brown – At Home with the Natives
- Debra Lumpkins – ʻŌhiki
- Derek Bencomo – Feeling of Movement
- Edward Baldwin – Pūpū
- Edwin Bartholomew – Representation of ʻŌpaʻe Ula
- Eleykaa Tully – The Akua Moon
- Elizabeth Keller – Native Bird and Stamp Series
- Eric Campbell Cameron – Specimin Box
- Esther Pollock – Maui ʻAlauahio
- Gabriella Anderman – When There were Only 22
- George Allan – Lehua Ula
- Gwen Arkin – In Search of a Lost Language
- Ian Edmondson – Pueo
- Jack Hamilton – Hawaiian Spotted Flatworm: The Journey
- James Petruzzi – Life Unfolding
- Jennifer Thackray – Silver Swords
- Jennifer Valenzuela – ʻAlalā Within Us
- Joanne Hopper – Summer Silversword
- Judy Bisgard – Maʻo Hau Hele
- Jupiter Nielson – Maui Manu Triptych
- Katharine Stone Ayers – ʻUki ʻUki
- Kathleen O’Bryan – The Wader
- Kathleen Alexander – Maui Loulu
- Krystal Bechert – ʻŌhai in the Rain
- Lanakila Makua – A Fragile Thread
- Lance Sheehan – Pieces of Wana
- Luana Coonen – First Rain ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
- Marie Ritzman – Nēnē in the Pili
- Mary Ann Leigh – Shining the Light on Hydatina
- Mary Grandy – Elysia Marginata
- Matthew Agcolicol – Woven Interconnections
- Melissa Chimera – Inheritance, Maui Nui
- Monica Morakis – Hope Floats Among Us
- Rebecca Lewis – Hawaiian Stilt
- Rick Strini – Limu on Seamount
- Robert Lippoth – Natural Transition
- Roberta Ann Weisenburg – Lunar Exploration
- Scott Lacasse – Anchialine Pool
- Stephen Levine – Survivor Orange
- Sunny Jordan – Kokia Cookei
- Tamara McKay – Rare Beauty
- Tania Arens – ʻUmi ʻUmi Koa
- Virginia Pierce – Keanaʻe Hale
- Yeoun Yap – ʻĪao Stream
- Denby Freeland – Maluō
- Verdine Kong – In Reverence of Pili Grass
2017 High School
- Aebriane Venezuela – Naupaka
- Andrew Ordono – Years of Growth
- Chloe Ugalino – ʻŌhiʻa For Our Future
- Cy Ornellas – Palapalai
- Evan Essner – Aloha Kakahiaka
- Jade Peters – Caught My Eye
- Joli Cochran – Tennis Ball
- Kamāhie Baricuatro – Complex Beauty of Nature
- Makenna Cockeh – Turtles
- Nick Endo – Gloomy Nights
- Pablo Gonzales – Lehua Wena
- Sarah Nassar – Flora for Fauna
- Sarah Nassar – Red Head
- Shelby Sales – ʻAkohekohe
- Taylor Watanabe – Maui Parrotbill
- Tiara Kobayashi-Bautista – Bonding of Man and Land
- Ty Tau’a – Hā ʻuke ʻuke
2017 Middle School
- Blaze Potratz – Flowing Heʻe
- Chaz Kaneakua – ʻIo Lana
- Hope Beesing – ʻAlauahio
- Iona Asher – Kokiʻa
- Kaela Odessa Forsythe – Kiwikiu
- Kalena Wojcieski – He Hawaiʻi Au Mau a Mau
- Makai Neustein – Seeing
- Sam Spork – ʻAmakihi
- Savannah Alueta – Before It Left
- Kaden Ortiz – Profile in Wisdom
2017 Elementary School
- Beatrice Jongeneelen – Wanna be Humuhumu
- Dace Valenzuela – Magical Pueo
- Elsie Jeffers – Mr. Monk Seal
- Nico Valenzuela – The Jeffster
- Noe Zohar – A New Friend
- Olena Rondeau – Jewel of the Forest
- Stella Dell – Love of the Moon