"Peace Around the World"
2007-08 Grand Prize Winner

"Peace Begins With Me" is the theme of the 2008-09 Peace Poster Contest. Lions clubs can sponsor the program in their community for children in local schools or organized, sponsored youth groups. Students, ages 11, 12 or 13 on November 15, 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 through the Club Supplies Sales Department. For an order form, click here. A kit must be purchased for each contest sponsored. The contest must be sponsored by a Lions club.

Complete rules & conditions can be found on the Lions International website.

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, education 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 at Lions Day with the United Nations in New York City, New York, USA (subject to change). There the winning artist will be presented with an engraved plaque and a cash prize of US $2,500.

Each of the 23 merit award winners will receive a cash award of US $500 and a certificate of achievement.

Promoting

To download the fill-in-the-blank Peace Poster press release, visit PR
Tools under News & Events or click here. Also available are the Peace Poster Brochure and the District Peace Poster Chairperson's Guide.

Deadlines - Entries not meeting deadlines will be disqualified.

January 15 Kits go on sale from the Club Supplies Sales Department at International Headquarters. 

October 1 Deadline to purchase kits from the Club Supplies Sales Department at International Headquarters. 

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 governor to send one winning district poster to multiple district council chairperson. 

December 1 Postmark deadline for a governor not belonging to a multiple district to send one winning poster to the Public Relations Department at International Headquarters. 

December 1 Postmark deadline for a club not belonging to a district to send one winning entry to the Public Relations Department at International Headquarters. 

December 15 Postmark deadline for the multiple district council chairperson to send one winning poster to the Public Relations Department at International Headquarters. 

February 1 International winners will be notified on or before this date.