Guidelines

"Peace Begins With Me" is the theme of this year's Peace Poster Contest. Lions clubs can sponsor the contest in their community for children in local schools or organized, sponsored youth groups. Students, ages 11, 12 or 13 on November 15th, of the current contest year, are eligible to participate. Students select a medium as outlined in the contest rules to draw, paint or sketch their interpretation of the contest's theme. 

Lions clubs may purchase a contest kit through the Club Supplies Sales Department. A kit must be purchased for each school or youth group sponsored. (The contest must be sponsored by a Lions club.) 

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 (semifinal and final judging). At the international level, a group of judges from the media, art, literary and youth community select 24 finalists. From those 24 posters a panel of judges select the grand prize winner. The remaining 23 posters are named merit award winners.

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 chairman.
• 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 chairman 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.

Awards

• $2500 and engraved plaque to one grand prize winner.
• $500 to twenty three merit award winners.
• The grand prize winner, two family members, and the President of the sponsoring Club attend the awards ceremony on Lions Day at the United Nations Building in New York City, New York.