If you used Google at all today, you undoubtedly noticed the awesome logo featured above the search box. Today’s art was the work of second grader Dylan Hoffman of Caledonia, WI, United States. He was the winner of the 2012 Google Doodle contest, in which there were over 100,000 entrants!
Not only did he earn international fame by being featured on Google’s homepage today (18 May 2012), but he also won the following prizes and honours:
- $30,000 USD in college scholarships
- A Google Chromebook
- $50,000 in technology grants for his school
- The privilege of having his artwork on the Crayola 64-count box of crayons
I must admit that his drawing is far better than what I could do, and he’s only eight-years-old. He should be quite proud of this achievement, and of his work!
Congratulations, Dylan!
Cheers,
Zach
By the way, you can see the full article on Google’s blog post. There you will find all of the runners-up, their submissions, and the great prizes that they won.
3 comments
Hey this is Dylan Hoffman the kid who won that contest. Thanks for writing about me its cool to read now in 2019. I have say one thing tho that picture of me in the croud of people doesn’t really look like me. It’d at a weird angle and I don’t really like it. If you could remove or replace that picture that would be great.
Thanks
Dylan Hoffman
Author
Hello Dylan,
I would be happy to accommodate any type of request like this one. Please provide some evidence that you are actually the person referenced in this post, and let me know the photo you would like to use in place of this one. This was the one issued by Google when requested.
Cheers,
Zach
REALLY AWESOME DYLAN FIRST I DIDNT KNOW WHAT IT WAS BUT I GOT IT AWESOME