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International Peace Poster Contest |
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Yennie
Shyu
12 years
old
California,
USA
Sponsored by
Milpitas
Executive Lions Club
 "The 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
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.
To
view contest rules (complete rules & conditions can be found in
your kit), click
here.
To
complete and print an honorable mention certificate, click here.
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. |
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