Doodle 4 GoogleGoogle has announced the 50 state winners of its 2012 U.S. Doodle 4 Google contest, which awards the best kids' artwork on a particular theme.
This year's theme was “If I could travel in time, I’d visit...” and it yielded 114,000 submissions - a new record for the contest, Google says.
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Google will hold events in schools all around the country to celebrate the young artists; furthermore, at the end of the contest, all 50 state winners will have their artwork exhibited at the New York Public Library. Finally, the artwork of all 250 state finalists -- which includes the 50 state winners -- will be displayed in local exhibitions in their respective states.
The contest goes on: You can see the state finalists here and vote for those you deem worthy of becoming one of the five national finalists.
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The voting is open from today until May 10, and Google will announce the national winner on May 17, at a national award ceremony in New York City.
The winning doodle will be exhibited on the Google homepage on May 18.
The Christmas Google Doodle
Each package gets larger with a mouse-over, and a click on it returns search results pertinent to a specific country or the particular items featured in a scene. This one is from December 24, 2010.
Click here to view this gallery.
This story originally published on Mashable here.
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