Doodle 4 Google State Winners Announced - vote for national winners

Google has announced the State winners of the Doodle 4 Google contest for K-12 students in the US. Students created a doodle of the Google logo based on this years topic "If I could travel in time, I'd visit...". The winner gets their design on the Google homepage and gets a $30,000 college scholarship along with a $50,000 technology grant for their school.

Google had over 114,000 submissions from around the country. From today until May 10th, the public can vote and help select the five National Finalists. The National Winner will be announced on May 17th at the national award ceremony in New York City. The winning doodle will be posted on the Google homepage on May 18th. All 50 State Winners will have there doodles displayed at the New York Public library and all 250 State Finalists will have theirs displayed in local exhibitions in their own state. 

This is a great contest, that not only encourages creativity and thought, but also award scholarships to students. 

Go and view the State Winners and vote for your favorite to win the National award.
http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html

Doodle 4 Google contest for K12 US Students - win a scholarship

Google is once again hosting a Doodle 4 Google contest for K-12 students in the US. Students create a doodle of the Google logo based on this years topic "If I could travel in time, I'd visit...". The winner gets their design on the Google homepage and gets a $30,000 college scholarship along with a $50,000 technology grant for their school.

The theme, "If I could travel in time, I'd visit..." could mean visiting past, present, or future setting. Last year's contest had over 100,000 entries, so competition is fierce. There will be one winner per state and then from those 50 State winners, the 5 National Finalists and the National winner will be chosen.

This year the winning Doodle will also appear on a special edition Crayola 64 crayon box!!

To enter, you just need to submit your child's or student's artwork by March 20th with a signed and completed entry form. 

There will be some celebrity judges along with the Google employee judges. They will determine the State finalists. On May 2nd, the State finalists will be up for public vote.

Being a finalist is pretty cool and all 50 state finalists will get flown to New York city for the national awards ceremony on May 17th. The winning Doodle will appear on May 18th and all of the 50 state winning doodles will be displayed at the New York Public Library.

Complete rules, prizes, and registration information is available at the Doodle 4 Google site.

This is a great way to get students thinking creatively and coming up with some great ideas, as well as having a chance to win a scholarship.

Doodle 4 Google Contest for students

Doodle 4 Google is a contest, open to children in grades K-12, where students use their artistic talents to create a new homepage logo for Google. The theme is "What I'd like to do someday..." and asks students to be creative and imaginative about that topic. The grand prize is a $15,000 college scholarship and $25,000 technology grant for their school and there are other prizes as well. 

Registration closes at 11:59pm Pacific Time on March 2, 2011. Entries must be postmarked by March 16, 2011. The wining Doodle will be featured on Google.com on May 20, 2011.

More information, registration, rules, and more are available on the Doodle 4 Google web site. 

This is a great opportunity for students to show their creativity and artistic talent and have a chance at getting money for college.