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Showcase Your Creativity


Lions Clubs International sponsors contests to promote friendly competition. 
  • Lions Clubs International Contest gives Lions the chance to showcase their hard work and creativity in four categories: Newsletter (Bulletin), Trading Pin, Friendship Banner and Web Site.
       Contest Categories The contest is comprised of four categories, including:

  • Newsletter (Bulletin)
  • Trading Pin
  • Friendship Banner
  • Web site
Contest Winners Lions Clubs International will announce winners at the International Convention, in LION Magazine, and on the Online Convention Web site beginning in July.

Entry Form For official entry form and contest rules, view our International Contest Rules (PR-763). All entries for the contest are due to International Headquarters by May 1.



  • Lions Environmental Photo Contest allows every Lion (from a club in good standing) to enter a photograph that showcases the beauty of nature. All registered attendees vote for their favorites during our International Convention.
             Every Lion from a club in good standing can enter a photograph of his or her immediate surroundings into the club-level Lions Environmental Photo Contest.

In 1972, Lions Clubs International made a commitment to protecting the environment. As part of that commitment, we launched the Environmental Photo Contest to showcase the beauty of nature and to raise awareness for the environment.

Entry Guidelines Lions can enter photographs of their environment in one of the following five categories:

  • Animal life
  • Plant life
  • Urban or natural landscape
  • Weather phenomenon
  • Special theme: Beacon of Hope for the Environment
  • Photos of Lions in action implementing an environmental project.
Winning club-level photographs will advance to the district, multiple district, and international competitions. Registered attendees of the Lions international convention will vote for their favorite in each category, as well as their overall favorite photograph. The six photos will appear on our Contest Winners page. The six Lions photographers will receive an award.
                                                           
  • Lions International Peace Poster Contest provides youths aged 11-13 the opportunity to share their artistic vision for peace. Since its inception in 1988, millions of children in 75 countries have participated in the contest.
         Each year, Lions clubs around the world proudly sponsor the Lions International Peace Poster Contest in local schools and youth groups. This Contest encourages young people worldwide to artistically express their visions of peace. During the last 20 years, more than four million children from nearly 100 countries have participated in the contest.

The theme of the 2011-12 Peace Poster Contest is "Children Know Peace." Students, ages 11, 12 or 13 on November 15, are eligible to participate.

Promoting the Arts Each year's contest consists of an original theme incorporating peace. Participants use a variety of mediums, including charcoal, crayon, pencil and paint, to express the theme. The works created are unique and express the young artists' life experiences and culture.

Spreading Peace and International Understanding Twenty-four international finalists are selected each year, representing the work of more than 350,000 young participants worldwide. Posters are shared globally via the Internet, the media and exhibits around the world. 

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 International winners will be notified on or before February 1.

  • 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 (subject to change). During the ceremony, the winning artist will receive an engraved plaque and a cash prize of US$5,000.
  • Each of the 23 merit award winners will receive a cash award of US$500 and a certificate of achievement.
Past Winners Past Peace Poster Contest grand prize winners have come from Brazil, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Martinique, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Multiple District 300 Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and the United States.

         Lions Clubs International

Contest Rules

All Contests

1. All contests are judged by members of the Public

Relations Committee of the International Board of

Directors at the Lions International Convention.

2. All contest winners are announced at the Lions

International Convention and published in LION

Magazine.

3. Entries become property of Lions Clubs International

Headquarters and cannot be returned. Lions Clubs

International may use entries in any way deemed

suitable.

4. The Public Relations and Communications Division

at International Headquarters mails awards to all

winners by September 1 following the Lions

International Convention.

5. The decisions of the judges are final.

I. International Newsletter (Bulletin) Contest

Awards: First place plaque

Four honorable mention certificates

1. The contest is open to all Lions clubs and

districts
. (Not multiple districts.) The above listed

awards will be presented in each category.

2. Lions clubs must submit two copies of the same

issue
of its best club bulletin.

3. Districts must submit two copies of the same issue

of its single best bulletin. Districts producing

newsletters for more than one purpose or project

must select only one for submission. (Only the first

eligible district bulletin contest entry received by the

Public Relations and Communications Division at

International Headquarters will be considered by the

judges.)

4. Newsletters must be mailed to the Public Relations

and Communications Division at International

Headquarters to arrive by May 1 of the year in which

they’ll be judged at the Lions International

Convention. Official entry form must accompany

entry.

5. Newsletters will be judged for the quality of content,

page layout, publication design and production.

II. International Trading Pin Contest

Awards: First place plaque

One honorable mention certificate

1. The contest is open to all Lions clubs, districts

and multiple districts
. The above listed awards will

be presented in each category

2. All clubs, districts and multiple districts must have

purchased pins from a duly authorized licensee of

the Club Supplies Division of International

Headquarters. (Complete information is available

through this division at headquarters.)

3. All pins are to be made for the purpose of trading,

not resale. Any evidence that pins are being sold will

automatically disqualifies them from competition.

4. The Club Supplies Division will secure and retain

two samples of all convention trading pins from the

manufacturer. Club Supplies personnel will then give

one sample of each pin to the Public Relations and

Communications Division for automatic entry into the

trading pin contest.

5. Only pins received by May 1 will be judged at that

year’s Lions International Convention.

6. Pins will be judged on quality of design,

attractiveness and originality. All pin entries must

display the Lions emblem as part of the design.

III. International Friendship Banner Contest

Awards: First place plaque

One honorable mention certificate

1. The contest is open to all Lions clubs and

districts
. (Not multiple districts.) The above listed

awards will be presented in each category.

2. Only banners purchased during the current fiscal

year through a duly authorized licensee or the Club

Supplies Division will be eligible. (Complete

information is available from this division at

headquarters.)

3. All banners are to be made for the purpose of

exchange only, not for resale.

4. Prior to the Lions International Convention, the Club

Supplies Division shall get one sample of all banners

ordered through Lions Clubs International and will

request all authorized licensees to provide one

sample of all banners produced for clubs and

districts for judging in the contest. The Club Supplies

Division will then deliver one sample of each banner

to the Public Relations and Communications

Division for entry into the contest.

5. Only banners received by May 1 will be judged at

that year’s Lions International Convention.

6. Banners will be judged on quality of design,

attractiveness and originality. All banner entries

must display the Lions emblem as part of the design.

IV. International Web Site Contest

Awards: First place plaque

Two honorable mention certificates

1. The contest is open to all Lions clubs, districts and

multiple districts
. The above listed awards will be

presented in each category.

2. All clubs, districts and multiple districts must submit a

sample hard copy consisting of 10 to 20 pages of their

Web site and include the URL on the Official Contest

Registration Form.

3. Entries must be mailed to the Public Relations and

Communications Division at International Headquarters to

arrive by May 1 of the year in which they’ll be

judged at the Lions International Convention.

Official entry form must accompany entry.

4. Web sites will be judged for quality of content and

design.

ENTRIES IN THE NEWSLETTER (BULLETIN) AND WEB SITE CONTESTS

MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGISTRATION FORM BELOW:

OFFICIAL CONTEST REGISTRATION FORM

Please Type or Print Clearly

Entry Level: Lions club District Multiple District

(Circle one)

Club Name (if club entry) ____________________________________________________ District

State/Province___________________________ Country________________________ Multiple District ___ ________

URL Address (for Web Site Contest):

Entering Contest: Newsletter (Bulletin) Web Site

(Circle one)

Name _________________________________________________________________

Street

City _________________________________________ State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code _______________________________ Country

Phone:_______________________________________ Fax:

E-Mail: _____________________________________

Lions Clubs International, Public Relations and Communications Division, 300 W 22ND STREET, OAK BROOK, IL 60523-8842

USA • www.lionsclubs.org

PR 763 10/09





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