Peace Poster Contest

Young people – ages 11, 12, and 13 years as of November 15 – are encouraged to express their visions of peace through art in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Lions clubs around the world proudly sponsor the contest in local schools and youth groups. Promoting the Arts Participants use a variety of mediums, including charcoal, crayon, pencil, and paint, to express a different theme about peace each year. The works vary greatly and reflect the young artists’ life experiences and culture. Spreading Peace and International Understanding Judges from the art, media, youth development, and humanitarian communities select 24 international finalists representing the more than 350,000 children who participate annually. Posters are shared globally via the Internet, social media, news outlets and traveling exhibits.

For over three decades, Lions clubs around the globe have been sponsoring a very special art contest in schools and youth groups. Creating peace posters gives children everywhere the chance to express their visions of peace and inspire the world through art and creativity.

For peace to be anything more than a possibility, we need to make it a priority. This year, we’re asking our young students to create a poster that speaks to our world’s infinite potential for kindness once we commit to pursuing the idea of peace without limits.

July15: Kits go on sale, and Clubs can purchase the kits & collect it from District Office.
October 1: Deadline to purchase kits.
November 15: Postmark deadline for a club to send one winning poster (per contest sponsored) to the District Governor.
December 1: Postmark deadline for a District Governor not belonging to a multiple district to send one winning poster to the Brand & Creative Department at International Headquarters.
December 15: Postmark deadline for the multiple district council chairperson to send one winning poster to the Brand & Creative Department at International Headquarters.
February 1: International winners notified on or before this date.

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

International winners will be notified on or before February 1. One international grand prize winner will receive US$5,000 and a trip to a special award ceremony with the sponsoring club president and two family members at Lions Day with the United Nations (subject to change). Each of the 23 merit award winners will receive a cash award of US$500 and a certificate of achievement

Past Peace Poster Contest grand prize winners have come from Brazil, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Martinique, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Multiple District 300 Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and the United States.