The University of Arizona Press
August 23, 2024
We are thrilled to share the news that Brandy Nālani McDougall has received the 2024 Elliot Cades Award, the most prestigious literary honor in Hawai’i!
As the Maui News reports, “The Cades Awards, given annually since 1988, were created by Charlotte and J. Russell Cades in memory of his brother, Elliot, a teacher and lover of literature. The awards come with a substantial cash prize for the recipients.”
Brandy Nālani McDougall (Kanaka ‘Ōiwi) is a poet, scholar, mother, and aloha ‘āina from Aʻapueo, Maui, and now living with her ʻohana in Kalaepōhaku, Oʻahu. She is director of the Mānoa Center for the Humanities and Civic Engagement and an associate professor of Indigenous studies in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s American Studies Department.
She is the author of Aina Hanau / Birth Land, a collection of poetry, and Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature.
Congratulations to Brandy on this incredible achievement!
