Attention all parents and teachers! Do you have a budding artist at home or in the classroom? Would they love to win a college scholarship, a technology grant for their school, and have their art featured on Google’s homepage for millions of viewers to see?

Now is their chance! Today, Google starts accepting registrations for its annual Doodle 4 Google competition. Doodle 4 Google is open to K-12 students in U.S. schools who are invited to create their own Google doodle inspired by the theme, “What I’d like to do someday…”.  A “doodle” is the logo design that appears on the Google homepage periodically to celebrate special events, holidays, or the lives of artists and inventors.

Celebrity judges this year include Whoopi Goldberg, comedian and TV talk show host; Jim Davis, creator of the Garfield comic strip; Maira Kalman and Beverly Cleary, illustrators and authors of children’s books; Scott McCloud, cartoonist, and others.

In previous years, schools and teachers needed to sign up with Google in order for students to participate. Google has expanded the contest this year by allowing parents to register their children directly if their school has decided not to participate. Google has also partnered with two after-school programs, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Girl Scouts of the USA, to help register students and submit artwork.

Last year’s winner, Makenzie Melton, a third grader at El Dorado Springs, R-2 Schools in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, had her own logo displayed on the Google homepage for hundreds of millions of users to see for a day. She also won a $15,000 college scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for her school. You can see last year’s winning doodle and find more information here.

(from Google press release)

Another winner!

The annual competition, open to K-12 students across the U.S., challenged students to design a Google logo inspired by the theme “If I Could Do Anything, I Would….” Entries in this year’s competition reflected the exploration of earth and space, the discovery of new medicines and environmental cures, and the hope for a better world, among many others.

See all the winning entries and runners up

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Doodle 4 Google is a competition open to K-12 students in U.S. schools who are invited to create their own Google doodle inspired by the theme, “If I Could Do Anything, I Would . . .” A “doodle” is the logo design that appears on the Google homepage periodically to celebrate special events, holidays, or the lives of artists and inventors.

Schools must register to participate by March 24, 2010 and the entries are due March 31, 2010.

Doodle 4 Google competition rules, prizes, and details are here.

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There are a lot of great prizes, including a new “Extra Credit: Technology Booster” award in the form of netbook computers for schools that submit the maximum number of doodles by March 10, 2010 and have students that are selected to be a 400 State Finalist.

Schools must register to participate by March 17, 2010 and the entries are due March 31, 2010.

Doodle 4 Google competition rules, prizes, and details are here.

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