The essay contest was open to secondary and post-secondary Hawai’i students. The theme was “Sun Yat-sen and Hawai’i”.
First ($1,000), second ($500), and third ($300) prizes were provided by the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Hawaii Foundation for the high school winners, and by the University of Hawai’i’s Hamilton Library for the university-level winners. A total of 24 essays were submitted, 12 at each level.
Judges were Prof. Shana Brown of the UH History Department; Dr. Clem Guthro, head of the UH Library; Dr. Mary Kodama of the State Historical Preservation division; and Dr. Cynthia Ning of the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Hawai’i Foundation.
High School Division
• First Prize: Daniel Ding, Moanalua High School
• Second Prize: Chloe “Coco” Heahlke, Punahou School
• Third Prize: Yuanyuan Zhang, ‘Iolani School
University Division
• First Prize: Xinli Zhang, PhD student in History
• Second Prize: Ye Zheng, PhD student in Chinese Languages, Linguistics and Pedagogy
• Third Prize: Michael Christensen, BA student in Finance and Chinese
