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- Prizes: $15,000 college scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for winner's schoolOfficial Google Blog: Doodle 4 Google - Tell us what you'd wish for in the world
- $10,000 prize for the school that submits the most high-quality entries overallOfficial Google Blog: Doodle 4 Google - Tell us what you'd wish for in the world
- 2009 Theme: "What I wish for the world"
- School registration deadline: March 17, 2009
- Doodle entry deadline: March 31, 2009
- National winners announced: May 20, 2009; winning doodle will be on Google's homepage on the following day
- Top 40 regional doodles will be featured in the Smithsonian's, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New YorkOfficial Google Blog: Doodle 4 Google - Tell us what you'd wish for in the world
- First doodle appeared on Google's homepage in 1999Business Week: The Man Behind the Google Doodle
- Doodles are typically designed by Dennis Hwang
- Nearly 180 million people see Hwang's drawings each dayBusiness Week: The Man Behind the Google Doodle
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Google, the search engine that famously alters its masthead for special events and holidays, is sponsoring the "Doodle 4 Google" contest, encouraging school children to design their latest logo. Students from K-12 are invited to participate in the contest, with entries due by March 31, 2009.Official Google Blog: Doodle 4 Google - Tell us what you'd wish for in the world
The winner of the 2009 Doodle 4 Google contest was 12-year-old Christin Engelberth. The San Antonio 6th grader called her work "A New Beginning".CNN: No need to Google 'Engelberth'... (May 20, 2009)
Forty finalists from around the national were selected by a panel of judges. Voting to select four top contestants ended on May 18, 2009, and the panel of judges chose their winner, Christin Engelberth, on May 21.SeattlePi: Local kids are finalists in Google doodle contest (May 11, 2009) On May 20, 2009, Christin Engleberth won the 2009 contest with her entry, "A New Beginning".CNN: No need to Google 'Engelberth'... (May 20, 2009)
On May 21, 2008, California sixth grader Grace Moon was named the winner of Google's "Doodle 4 Google" contest. The 2008 contest called for doodles with the theme "What if....?" Moon titled her colorful doodle "Up in the Clouds."Official Google Blog: We Have a Doodle 4 Google winner!
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