We're Doodling for Google!

Do you fancy seeing your artwork immortalised on the top of the Google homepage?

The competition is open to all students attending a school in the UK between the ages of 4 and 16. Doodles will be judged in the following four age brackets:

• 5-7 years old
• 7-11 years old
• 11-14 years old
• 14-16 years old

Design guidelines

• The doodle should be presented on a white, landscape sheet of A4 paper.
• Download the Google logo template to use as a guide. [1]
• As the winning doodle will be displayed on the Google UK homepage, please ensure that the Google logo is clearly visible and recognisable.
• The doodle can be in pencil, crayons, felt tip, paint, or can be done using computer drawing or design software.
• Unfortunately we cannot accept 3D entries.

Judging Process

480 Regional Finalists

10 finalists will be chosen for each age group in each of the 12 UK regions: Eastern England, North West, North East, East Midlands, West Midlands, South West, South East, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Yorkshire & Humberside.

Prizes: Doodle 4 Google certificate

Regional Winners

48 regional winners will be chosen across the age groups and regions.

Prizes: Frame copy of their doodle, doodles to be displayed on the Doodle 4 Google website for public vote, Doodle 4 Google goody bag.

An additional 4 prizes will be awarded to the best doodles designed entirely on a computer.

National Age Group Winners

The public will be asked to vote online for their favourite doodle from each age group, to help select the four national winners.

Prizes: Interactive white board for school, laptop for the winner

An additional prize will be awarded to the best computer designed entry.

1 National Winner

Dennis Hwang, Google's webmaster, will pick the overall national winner

Prizes: The winning doodle will be hosted on Google's homepage at www.google.co.uk [2] for 24 hours. The winner will also receive a week-long trip with their family to California, USA. (The trip is for 7 nights, for a maximum of four people, including one adult).

Judging criteria

A judging panel will evaluate the entries based on the following criteria:

• Artistic merit - based on age, drawing skills and use of colour.
• Creativity - based on the representation of the My Community theme and use of the Google logo.
• My Community communication - how well the designer's concept of the theme is expressed.
• Supporting statement - how well they explained their vision of the community.

You will have the chance to design your entry in you Art lesson during this half-term, but for those of you who can't wait, below are some guide sheets from Google to get you started.

Our school deadline for entries is Friday, 17th July. Entries can be given to Mr. Thomas, or Mr. Stephens.