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We have a Doodle 4 Google national winner!
May 21, 2008
Posted by Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, and Dennis Hwang, Webmaster Manager and Chief Doodler
The results are in from last week's
public vote
for its favorite doodle from the
Doodle 4 Google art competition
, in which we invited students in grades K-12 to design the Google logo around the theme "What if...?"
Today, we're pleased to announce the winner: Grace (Suryung) Moon, a 6th grader from Canyon Middle School in Castro Valley, California. Her creation, "Up in the Clouds" was selected for its artistry and creativity as well as for its interpretation of our "What if...?" theme. Grace's doodle will replace our regular logo on our homepage tomorrow, May 22nd, and Grace will be awarded a $10,000 college scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for her school in recognition of this achievement.
Congratulations also go to the three national finalists. They were selected as having the best doodle in their grade groups and will each receive a laptop computer:
Grades K-3
Spencer Norton ~ Ashbrook Elementary School, Lumberton, NJ
Grades 7-9
Rebecca Olene ~ Pioneer Ridge Freshmen Center, Carver, Minnesota
Grades 10-12
Gabriel Kitzman ~ Elbert School Dist. #200, Kiowa, Colorado
To celebrate our winner and
all of the talented finalists
, we held an awards ceremony at the Googleplex for the 40 regional winners today. The finalists and their families joined us for a fun-filled day with activities ranging from face painting to a doodling master class with our own Chief Google Doodler
Dennis Hwang
, and we couldn't have had more fun.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's Doodle 4 Google competition. We enjoyed seeing the creativity and imagination of students across the U.S. and hope you did too.
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