Doodle 4 Google

Judging and Prizes

Judging Process

State and Territory finalists

320 finalists will be chosen, 10 for each age group in each of the 8 Australian States and Territories: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

Prize: Doodle 4 Google certificate

State and Territory winners

32 winners will be chosen across the age groups and states/territories.

Prizes:

• Printed copy of the doodle for their school
• Invitation to attend awards ceremony to announce the National Winners*
• Doodles to be displayed on the Doodle 4 Google website for public vote
• Doodle 4 Google goody bag

*All travel expenses to the national ceremony and one night’s accommodation for the state/territory winner and a parent or guardian will be covered.

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 the school
• A laptop for the winner

1 National Winner

Dennis Hwang, Google’s Webmaster, will pick the overall national winner out of the four national age group winners.

Prizes:

• The winning doodle will be hosted on Google Australia’s homepage at www.google.com.au for 24 hours
• $10,000 worth of technology equipment for their school in addition to the interactive white board that they receive as a national age group winner

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 wish for Australia theme and use of the Google logo.
• Communication - how well the designer's concept of the theme is expressed.
• Supporting statement - how well they explained their wish for Australia.