Lions International Peace Poster Competition

Encouraging Youth

Each year since 1988 Lions Clubs around the world proudly sponsor the Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest in local schools and youth groups, encouraging young people ages 11-13 to artistically express their visions of peace.

Promoting the Arts

Participants use a variety of mediums including charcoal, crayon, pencil and paint to express a new theme developed each year to spark their imagination. The works created are unique and express the young artist's life experience and culture.

Spreading Peace and International Understanding

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Each year consists of an original theme incorporating peace. Twenty four international finalists are selected to represent the work of more than 350,000 young participants from around 75 countries worldwide. Since 1988 more than 3.6 million children have participated.

"Power of Peace " is the theme of the 2009-10 Peace Poster Contest. Lions Clubs can sponsor the program in their community for children in local schools or organised youth groups. Students ages 11 -13 on November 15th are eligible to participate. Through the contest students are encouraged to visually depict their interpretation of the contest's theme.

 

Lions Clubs may purchase a contest kit from Club Supplies at Newcastle Office Click Here to order online.

A kit must be purchased for each contest and must be sponsored by a Lions Club.
To view Contest rules, Judging procedure and deadlines Click on the menu at left .

Judging

Each poster is judged on originality, artistic merit and expression of the theme
Posters advance through several judging levels; local, district, multiple district and international. At the international level, judges from the art, peace, youth and media communities select one grand prize winner and 23 merit award winners.

Awards

One international grand prize winner will receive a trip to a special award ceremony with the sponsoring Club president and two family members to Lions with United Nations day in New York City where the winning artist will be presented with an engraved plaque and a cash prize of US$2,500
Each of the merit award winners receives a certificate of achievement and US$500