A talented Kirkland student could soon have her art on the Google homepage for hundreds of millions to see. On April 29, Google announced the 50 state winners in its seventh annual Doodle 4 Google competition, a contest open to K-12 students across the United States to redesign the Google logo inspired by the theme “If I could invent one thing to make the world a better place…”

Lake Washington High School freshman Renaise Kim is one of the state winners with her doodle, “Brighter World through Binoculars”, depicting magical binoculars that would allow people to see the world more optimistically.

Renaise’s doodle was selected from the thousands of entries received this year. Students’ amazing ideas ranged from water purification to advanced robotics and nutrition solutions.

To help their favorites succeed, everyone across the USA can vote for their favorite doodle from the 50 state winners. Voting will be open from April 29 to May 9 and the public vote will determine the five national finalists (one in each grade group).

Google will announce these five national finalists and one of them as the national winner on May 21 at an awards ceremony at its headquarters in Mountain View, California, which all 50 state winners will be invited to.

The winning student will work with Google’s team of professional doodlers to animate their doodle — for the first time ever! The animated doodle will be displayed on the Google homepage on June 9. The winner will also take home a $30,000 college scholarship and his or her school will receive a $50,000 Google for Education grant towards the establishment and improvement of a computer lab or technology program.

To see a full list of state winners and to vote online, visit http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html