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From The Official Google Blog…

In February we invited U.S. kids to exercise their creativity by participating in our second annual Doodle 4 Google contest. In response, we received more than 28,000 doodles from kids representing all 50 states, a 70 percent increase from last year. Inspired by this year’s theme, “What I Wish for the World,” kids have expressed a variety of wishes, ranging from a world with a pristine environment to a world where imaginations can run free. We were impressed by the incredible spectrum of artwork we received this year, but even more amazed by the artistic talents of the kids who created them.

The Doodle 4 Google contest encourages students to play around with Google’s homepage logo to see what they can come up with. Here is last year’s winning doodle, Up in the Clouds by Grace Moon, Canyon Middle School in California.

Beautiful, right?

Today, Google announced the 40 regional winners for 2009 that were selected by a panel of expert judges. The winner, though, is selected by popular online vote. Take a look at all the beautiful and creative doodles submitted by students across the country, then vote for your favorite!