2023 Art Contest Winners & Finalists

Peace Pals International 26th Annual Art & Exhibition Awards

Youth from around the World were invited to submit their artwork to the
The 26th Annual Peace Pals International Art Exhibition and Awards.

Theme: Unity and the Message: May Peace Prevail On Earth
Giving thought as to what Unity means to them.

This year we partnered with Unity Earth. Unity Earth is a global network on a mission to accelerate the realization of unity and peace on Earth. Inspired by the world’s wisdom traditions and born out of the desire to meet global-sized challenges with global-sized solutions, the network is built to amplify the reach and impact of peace-aligned organizations and individuals. For more information on Unity Earth, please visit their website.

Peace Pals International received artwork coming from 76 countries and more than 4,500 young people, creating beautiful artwork filled with love, hope for a world filled with Unity. We would like to thank our International Judges for 2023, for taking the time and voting for our winners and finalists.

We invite you to view the winners and finalists artwork with us and watch the video below.

Here are the words for this first verse of the Peace Pole Song by Sam Haan – Please sing along.
Salam (Arabic), Shalom (Hebrew), Wolakota (Native American), Shanti (Hindu), Heiwa (Japanese), Mir (Russian), Paz (Spanish), Hoa Binh (Vietnamese), Amani (Swahili).
May Peace Prevail throughout the earth.
For now and ever more.
May our children grow up, help save the earth, a world without any war.

Winners and Finalists – Age 5 – 7

Winners and Finalists – Age 8 – 10

Winners and Finalists – Age 11 – 13

Winners and Finalists – Age 14 – 16

We would like to welcome Armenia, Belgium, Cyprus, Guyana, Martinique, Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea to our Peace Pals Family. To date, we have received artwork from 123 countries. Please be sure to visit our Ambassador of Peace page and if you do not see your country listed, please be sure to share our art contest with your community and enter next year.