Malaysia’s 54th birthday is coming up this September 16 (we don’t feel a day over 21), and Google Malaysia will be celebrating it with a Doodle! Once again, they're inviting Malaysian students to help design it.
The giant search engine company has put out the call for students to submit designs for the doodle which will grace Google Malaysia’s homepage on the big day. Students aged seven to 17 (and they have to be a Malaysian citizen to enter) can submit designs based on the theme ‘Celebrating Malaysia’s Diversity’, which will be judged on artistic merit, creativity and originality.
The contest is divided into four age categories: 7-9, 10-12, 13-15 and 16-17. Each category will be shortlisted and voted on separately; then the top doodle from each age category will be judged together, and one will be crowned the National Winner. There isn’t any cash prize for the winner (sorry guys), but they will have their creation front and centre on google.com.my this coming Malaysia Day for 24 hours where it will be viewed by the 24 million internet users in our country! In short, what we’re trying to say is, the reward is kind of a big deal – so get the kids to give it a go.
Google first introduced its Doodle 4 Google Malaysia competition for students three years ago; Lee Yee Run from Sekinchan was the first winner with her impressive doodle titled ‘Beauty of Malaysia’ (below).
Submissions are open until July 31 (midnight).
To download entry forms, complete contest rules and more information, go to events.withgoogle.com/d4gmy. You also can see doodles from around the world at Google.com/doodles.