Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Google Announces Doodle 4 Google State Winners





Doodle 4 GoogleDoodle 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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