Get the colored pencils and construction paper ready. Kids in the U.S. now have a chance to design Google’s famous homepage logo and win a scholarship, as well as a technology grant for their school.
Google announced today that it’s launching the fourth annual Doodle 4 Google contest with the theme “What I’d like to do someday…” The contest is open to K-12 students in the U.S.
The winning Doodle will be displayed on Google’s homepage; its creator will receive a $15,000 scholarship, and his or her school will receive a $25,000 technology grant.
“We know this crop of students will be the generation of tomorrow’s leaders and inventors, and we can’t wait to see what they come up with,” Google’s VP of consumer products, Marissa Mayer, wrote in a blog post.
This year’s contest judges will include Whoopi Goldberg, ice skater Evan Lysacek and Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, and Google employees. The 40 regional finalists will receive a trip to New York City and their art will be displayed at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The registration deadline for participating students is March 2 and entries must be postmarked by March 16. Go here for more details.
The Doodle below was the winner selected for grades seven through nine last year. Vance Viggiano, a seventh grader at the time from New Jersey, drew it. And the image above was the winner for the kindergarten through third grade category. Makenzie Melton, a third grader at the time from Missouri, created the Doodle.
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Google announced today that it’s launching the fourth annual Doodle 4 Google contest with the theme “What I’d like to do someday…” The contest is open to K-12 students in the U.S.
The winning Doodle will be displayed on Google’s homepage; its creator will receive a $15,000 scholarship, and his or her school will receive a $25,000 technology grant.
“We know this crop of students will be the generation of tomorrow’s leaders and inventors, and we can’t wait to see what they come up with,” Google’s VP of consumer products, Marissa Mayer, wrote in a blog post.
This year’s contest judges will include Whoopi Goldberg, ice skater Evan Lysacek and Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, and Google employees. The 40 regional finalists will receive a trip to New York City and their art will be displayed at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The registration deadline for participating students is March 2 and entries must be postmarked by March 16. Go here for more details.
The Doodle below was the winner selected for grades seven through nine last year. Vance Viggiano, a seventh grader at the time from New Jersey, drew it. And the image above was the winner for the kindergarten through third grade category. Makenzie Melton, a third grader at the time from Missouri, created the Doodle.
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