Honolulu (magazine)

In 1888, when Hawaii was still a monarchy, King Kalākaua commissioned a magazine under royal charter to be Hawaii's ambassador to the world. That magazine was Paradise of the Pacific. For nearly a century, Paradise of the Pacific promoted local business and tourism by assuring citizens of the United States that the Islands were civilized. Noted contributors to Paradise of the Pacific included Henry B. Christian, Helen Thomas Dranga, Arman Manookian, and Edwin North McClellan.

In 1966, Paradise of the Pacific became Honolulu Magazine.

In 1977, David Pelligrin acquired it through his Honolulu Publishing Company and raised the bar for journalists in the islands. Honolulu shifted its focus to news and features aimed at an affluent residential audience. It covers dining, culture, arts, politics, entertainment in and around Honolulu and throughout Hawaii. Honolulu also has an annual dining awards called the Hale Aina Awards. Under Pelligrin in 1984, Honolulu established the awards as the islands’ first local restaurant awards. Before then, culinary awards in the Islands had only been given by mainland travel interests.

In 2001, Duane Kurisu, the owner of PacificBasin Communications, acquired the magazine from the Honolulu Publishing Company.{{cite news|author=Erika Engle|title=Hawaii Business owner buys Honolulu magazine|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2001/07/31/news/story3.html|access-date=January 19, 2017|work=Honolulu Star Bulletin|date=July 31, 2001}} The company also publishes Hawaii Business, Hawaii Home and Remodeling, Hawaii, Honolulu Family, Lei Chic, Whalers Village and Honolulu Shops Waikiki.

Since 2004, Honolulu has held a photo contest which asks people to submit photos they have taken of Hawaii throughout the previous year.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.honolulumagazine.com/photocontestwinners/|title=7th Annual Photo Contest Winners!|magazine=Honolulu|year=2011}}

Honolulu also has an annual statewide fiction contest, though the last contest took place in 2006.{{cite magazine|author=Lou Zitnik|url=http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/April-2005/Fiction-Contest-Duct-Taped-in-Hilo/index.php?cparticle=3&siarticle=2|title=Fiction Contest: Duct-Taped in Hilo|magazine=Honolulu|date=April 2005}}

As of 2017, Honolulu's owner, Duane Kurisu, who bought the magazines in 2001, also serves on the board of directors of Oahu Publications Inc.{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2018/11/06/duane-kurisu-buys-ground-leases-for-honolulu.html|title=Duane Kurisu buys ground leases for Honolulu office building, Big Island newspaper|author=Janis L. Magin|work=Pacific Business News|publisher=American City Business Journals|date=November 6, 2018|access-date=February 16, 2019}}

• 2015 – Sour Poi Awards{{cite magazine|url=http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/January-2016/Sour-Poi-Awards-Celebrating-the-Strange-the-Stupid-and-the-Scandalous-of-2015/|author=Robbie Dingeman and Michael Keany|title=Sour Poi Awards: Celebrating the Strange, the Stupid and the Scandalous of 2015|magazine=Honolulu|date=June 14, 2016}}
• 2016 – CRMA Award and National Prize{{cite magazine|url=http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/May-2016/HONOLULU-Magazine-Wins-a-CRMA-Award-and-Multiple-Hawaii-Publishers-Association-Awards/|title=HONOLULU Magazine Wins Multiple Awards, Including a National Prize|date=May 24, 2016|magazine=Honolulu}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/March-2016/HONOLULU-Magazine-CRMA-Awards/|title=HONOLULU Magazine is a Four-Time Finalist in the 2016 National City and Regional Magazine Awards|magazine=Honolulu|date=March 7, 2017}}
• 2017 – Soi Poi Awards{{cite magazine|url=http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/March-2017/HONOLULU-Magazine-is-a-Four-Time-Finalist-in-the-2017-National-City-and-Regional-Magazine-Awards/|title=HONOLULU Magazine is a Four-Time Finalist in the 2017 National CRMA Awards|magazine=Honolulu|date=March 6, 2017}}
• 2018 – CRMA Awards{{cite magazine|url=http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/July-2018/HONOLULU-Magazine-Wins-Several-Awards-Both-Local-and-National/|title=HONOLULU Magazine Wins Several Awards, Both Local and National|magazine=Honolulu|date=July 2, 2018}}

• Hawaii Business

• Hawai'i Chronicles: Island History from the Pages of Honolulu Magazine. Edited by Bob Dye. 1996, {{ISBN|0-8248-1829-6}}
• Hawai'i Chronicles II: Contemporary Island History from the Pages of Honolulu Magazine. Edited by Bob Dye. 1997, {{ISBN|0-8248-1984-5}}
• Hawai'i Chronicles III: World War Two in Hawai'i, from the Pages of Paradise of the Pacific. Edited by Bob Dye. 2000. {{ISBN|0-8248-2289-7}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website|www.honolulumagazine.com}}
• [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000495244 Paradise of the Pacific] at the HathiTrust

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Category:1888 establishments in Hawaii

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