Blind and visually-impaired students creatively express their impressions of peace through the Lions International Essay Contest.

2017-18 Essay Contest Grand Prize Winner Ely Potter shares his inspiring words on peace.

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2018-19 grand prize winner Mikayla, from Canada, expresses her thoughts on how kindness matters.

Shreya, a 13-year-old girl from Kerala, India, has an idea of what peace should mean to the world. She brought that idea to life through a powerful essay earning her the grand prize in the Lions Clubs International Peace Essay Contest.

2021-2022 Lions International Peace Essay Contest - Read the winning essay

Read the winning 2016-2017 Peace Essay by Charlie Bruskotter from Ohio, USA. Sponsored by the Delaware Lions Club.

Read the winning 2014-2015 Peace Essay by Jalen Ballard, from Ohio, USA. Sponsored by the Sylvania Sunrise Lions Club.

The winning essay in the 2018-2019 Peace Essay Contest by Mikayla Ansley, age 11. Sponsored by Blyth Lions Club, Canada.

Read the winning 2020-2021 Peace Essay by Joshua Wood from Australia. Sponsored by the Brisbane Camphill Carindale Lions Club.