It’s time for students to send in their most creative entries for the eighth annual “Doodle 4 Google” competition. The theme this time is “What makes me…me.”
And, for the first time, submissions don’t have to be on paper. As long as the word “Google” is included, contestants can use any format or material, from plasticine models to 3D prints to…well, whatever their imaginations can conjure up. Other possibilities include crayons, clay, graphic design, video games or even food. Google itself did something similar for Earth Day in 2012, using a bed of flowers.
The sponsors understand that kids have all kinds of things that make them unique, so the company decided to mix things up a bit and let their imaginations really run wild.
The contest is open to young people in the K-12 age group. The winning entry goes on the Google home page, and there are other great prizes as well.
- The National Winner gets to have his or her doodle featured on the U.S. Google.com homepage for one day and also receives:
A $30,000 college scholarship
A $50,000 Google for Education grant for his or her school
A trip to the Google Headquarters in California to meet the Google Doodlers, and the opportunity to nominate a teacher to come on the trip
A Chromebook
An Android tablet
A t-shirt printed with his or her doodle on it - Four other National Finalists will have their doodles featured in the Doodle 4 Google gallery. Each of them will get:
A $5,000 college scholarship
A trip to the Google Headquarters in California to meet the Google Doodlers
An Android tablet
A t-shirt printed with his or her doodle on it - And there will be 48 State and Territory winners who don’t become National Finalists. Their entries will be featured in the Doodle 4 Google gallery as well. Prizes for them will be:
An Android tablet
A t-shirt printed with his or her doodle on it
Deadline for submissions is December 7, and the National Winner will be chosen by a team of celebrity judges and Google’s in-house Doodle team.
You can find all of the official rules for this year’s “Doodle 4 Google” competition here.
