Key West Lions Club Peace Poster Contest Entries Due on October 26,2007
Lions Club Peace Poster Contest
The Lions International Peace Poster Contest provides children ages 11-13, with the opportunity to express their interpretation of “world peace” by drawing, sketching or painting a poster-sized representation of the contest theme. Designed to spark the artists’ imagination, a different theme is developed each year for the contest.
HISTORY
The Peace Poster program was established by Lions Clubs International, the world’s largest service organization, “to create and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world,” and to help Lions nurture and sustain positive relationships with local youth. Since its inception in 1988, nearly three million children, from approximately 75 countries around the world, have participated in the contest. This year, over 350,000 posters were submitted from approximately 575 countries.
ENTRIES AND JUDGING
Lions club members partner with local schools and youth groups to promote the contest and collect entries. Posters are reviewed at four levels of judging: club, district (region), multiple district (state or country) and international. At each judging level every poster is evaluated for its accurate portrayal of theme, originality and artistic merit.Judging narrows the field to 24 finalist posters and international judges select the grand prizewinner. The grand prizewinner receives US$2,500 and a trip for the artist, two family members and club president to attend a special awards ceremony on Lions Day with the United Nations. The 23 merit award winners each receive US$500 and a framed certificate.
All children ages 11-13 by November 15 can participate in the Peace Poster Contest. The theme that the Peace Poster should show is “PEACE AROUND THE WORLD.” This contest allows students to share their unique ideas of peace with others.
Entry Requirements
All posters must be no smaller than 13 in. by 20 in. and must be no larger than 20 in. by 24 in. (Students will be given paper in school.) No words or numbers in any language may be used on the front of the poster.
Pencils, crayons, pens, markers, paints or chalk may be used.
No three dimensional entries.
Nothing may be glued, stapled or attached to the poster in any way.
Entries cannot be laminated.
All entries must be flexible enough to be rolled up for shipping.
All artwork must be the student’s original, hand completed work.
Computer generated art, photographs, and duplications are not accepted.
Each student may submit only one entry and each entry must be the
original work of that one student.
Students should put their names on the back of their posters.
Judging
Entries will be judged on originality, expression of theme, “PEACE AROUND THE WORLD”
and artistic merit.
Entries are due October 26, 2007.
Winning Posters
1st, 2nd and 3rd Place winners will be selected from each grade. From those, one overall school winner will be selected to go on to the next round of competition.
President: Jim Malcom 
