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Doodle For Google 2024
Free
Jan 29 - Mar 14
At your own pace
Yearly
Not required
Online
For almost two decades, Google has hosted its annual "Doodle 4 Google" contest. It's the longest running contest by the tech giant featuring Google's doodle, a piece of art that uses the letters "G-O-O-G-L-E." Typically a team at Google designs the images. Once a year, they open up the opportunity to young Doodlers.
Screenshot: Some of Doodle for Google winners 2015-2021
The Google for Doodle U.S. event is open to homeschoolers and students in grades K-12. There will be state and national winners. Prizes range from scholarship money to Google swag, Google hardware, and of course a display of the winner's artwork for 24 hours on Google's home page.
The 2024 theme is "My wish for the next 25 years..." Doodlers can use a wide range of art mediums including stop motion, painting in a new dimension (like VR), building a 3D model, clay, crayons, songs, or poems (to name a few).
Below are past US National winners, the winning themes, and their prizes.
Year | Theme | Winner | Group | Location | Prize |
2024 | "My wish for the next 25 years." | Maisie Derlega - "Family Dinner" | 10-12 grade | District of Columbia | $55,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology package for her school |
2023 | "I am grateful for" | Rebecca Wu - "My Sweetest Memories" | 6-7th grade | Washington | $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology package for her school |
2022 | “I care for myself by…” | Sophie Araque-Liu - “Not Alone" | 10-12th grade | Florida | $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology package for her school |
2021 | "I am strong because..." | Milo Golding | 10-12th grade | Kentucky | $30,000 scholarship and a $50,000 technology package for his school |
2020 | “I show kindness by…” | Sharon Sara - “Together As One” | 4-5th grade | Texas | $30,000 college scholarship, and a $50,000 technology package for her school |
2019 | "When I grow up, I hope..." | Arantza Peña Popo - "Once you get it, give it back" | 10-12th grade | Georgia | $30,000 college scholarship, a $50,000 technology package for her school and a trip to Google's headquarters in California |
2018 | “What inspires me…” | Sarah Gomez-Lane | K-3 grade | Virginia | $30K college scholarship and a $50K technology award for her school |
Below are some Google Doodle Facts
August 30, 1998 the first Doodle (an out-of-office message) appeared, before Google was officially incorporated
October 31, 2000 Google revealed the first animated Doodle for Halloween
In 2009, the first same-day Doodle was created when water was found on the moon
May 21, 2010 celebrates 30 years or Pac-Man with the first interactive game Doodle
Doodle for Google student contest winners have become professional artists
Some Doodles take years and some Doodles take hours
The Google team has designed over 5,000 Doodles over the decades
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