🌍 Ron Kovic Peace Prize 🌍

Submissions are open for 2025

Final Deadline: SEPTEMBER 1ST

Please remember we have a 10 minute limit

and the content must be appropriate for children.

 What is the Ron Kovic Peace Prize? 

This award is all about local and world peace. We’re looking for short films that show how non-violence can solve the world’s biggest challenges. If your film tells a powerful story about peace, this prize is for you!

Why enter?
🏆 Up to $1000 in cash prizes!
🏆 Honor the power of non-violent solutions
🏆 Showcase your film in a global festival

Who is Ron Kovic?
Ron Kovic is a true hero. He’s a Vietnam War veteran, author, artist, and peace activist. His life story inspired the award-winning film Born on the Fourth of July, where he was portrayed by Tom Cruise. Ron has spent over 40 years fighting for peace and showing the world that non-violence is the way forward.

What we’re looking for:
🎬 Short films (under 10 minutes) that promote peace
✌️ Stories of non-violent solutions
🌟 Films that inspire change

How to enter:
🎥 Create a short film about peace
💻 Submit your film
🌍 Spread the message of non-violence

Be a part of something bigger. Submit your film and help promote peace in our world! ✨

Click here to download the PDF Postcard.

VIEW THE RON KOVIC PEACE PRIZE SIZZLE

View all of the 2024 Finalists here

2023 Ron Kovic Peace Prize Winner - WAR

2023 Ron Kovic Youth Peace Prize Winner - Shalom Ukraine

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE 2023 RON KOVIC PEACE PRIZE FINALISTS

2022 Ron Kovic Peace Prize Winner - Alan Magee - Art is not a Solace

VIEW ALL OF THE 2022 FINALISTS HERE

2021 RON KOVIC PEACE PRIZE WINNER - OutSwing by Samar Minallah Khan

2020 Winner - The Peace of Wild Things by Katy Wang Poet: Wendell Berry

2020 Winner - The Curious Scroll: How Does Something Ugly Become Beautiful by Andrew Purchin

Congratulations to ALL of the 2020 Peace Prize FInalists

2019 Winner - Bullets to Books featuring Jok Abraham Thon

View the 2019 Ron Kovic Peace Prize Finalists

2018 Winner Kim Phuc [excerpt] -The Sunrise Storyteller by Kasha Sequoia Slavner

View the 2018 Ron Kovic Peace Prize Finalists

2017 Winner - Reclaiming Pakistan by Lisa Donato

2016 Winner - Post War Machismo: Be A Man by Liz Mermin

2015 Winner - Defying Death in Sough Sudan by Francis Mead

2014 Winner- Blessed is the Peacemaker by Taqi Juba