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7 year old wins Doodle for Google 2012

7-year old wins Doodle for Google 2012

By KS Sandhya Iyer | Updated: 5 June 2012 12:27 IST

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Dylan Hoffman's doodle features a pirate scene with a vibrant parrot, a treasure chest and a beautiful sunset.

114,000 submissions and millions of public votes later comes the announcement for the winner of 'Doodle for Google 2012'. Dylan Hoffman, a second grader hailing from Caledonia, Wisconsin has been declared this year's U.S. Doodle for Google National winner.

According to the announcement via Google's blog, the young doodler, a student of Prairie School in Racine, Wisconsin doodled a beautiful pirate scene featuring a vibrant parrot, a swashbuckler and a treasure chest filled with jewels and gems adding the letter 'e' to Google's logo.

Talking of the "If I could travel in time I'd visit..." theme, Dylan said that he'd love to sail a pirate ship searching for treasure, have a colourful pet parrot and enjoy beautiful sunsets from deserted islands.

For his creation, Dylan has been awarded with a $30,000 college scholarship and a Chromebook computer, while his school received a $50,000 technology grant. That's not all. Apart from the doodle being featured on the U.S. Google homepage today, it will also appear on the front of a special edition of the Crayola-64 crayon box come this fall.

Dylan was chosen from amongst a huge number of doodle submissions this year and public votes from millions across the country. There are four other National finalists from different U.S. schools, who will receive a scholarship of $5,000. They are: Talia Mastalski, Grade 5 Herman Wang, Grade 6, Susan Olvera, Grade 8 Cynthia Cheng, Grade11.

The creations of all 50 state winners will be unveiled at the New York Public Library and their doodles will be displayed between May 18-May19 in their home states over the summer.

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7-year old wins Doodle for Google 2012

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