"Coming Home"
Credit: Google (Sabrina Brady's competition winning piece.)
Credit: Google (Sabrina Brady's competition winning piece.)

Sabrina Brady was announced as the national champ of Doodle 4 Google contest and today her artwork covers the front banner of Google's home page.

The theme for the competition this year was "My Best Day Ever," and the Sparta Wisc. high school senior's winning work, titled "Coming Home," depicts Sabring Running toward her father upon returning from an 18-month deployment in Iraq.

In the drawing Sabrina draws herself and her dad in tones of black, white and grey and the flag she clutches is the only color until the moment of the reunion which is heightened by the sudden color switch. One of the "O's" in Google is represented as the golden sun and the "L" is her father standing strong and tall.

"Her creative use of the Google letters to illustrate this heartfelt moment clearly resonated with voters across the country and all of us at Google," writes Doodle team leader Ryan Germick on a blogpost announcing the win.

Aside from being published on Google's homepage Sabrina also won "a $30,000 college scholarship, a Chromebook computer and a $50,000 technology grant for her school," said Google.

Google also announced four national finalist:

Arizona first-grader Reagan Gonsalves. "My best day ever is to be around the pretty animals and plants in nature, because I love to know about what is around me. I love to watch hummingbirds drink nectar out of flowers. I love to read books on nature and how plants and animals grow."

New York state fourth-grader Audrey Zhang. "My best day ever will be when I discover paradise. In paradise, I could play with dragons, ramp with leopards, and chat with fairies...It would be the best day ever when I could finally live in a mystical, dreamy realm."

New Jersey seventh-grader Maria Iannone. "Where I live, it's difficult to view the night sky very well. Having an interest in astronomy, a day where I can observe the things I study on my own time would satisfy me."

Maine eighth-grader Joseph Han. "For me, 'the best day ever' doesn't consist of ambitious dreams, but rather the enjoyment of a day spent in carefree euphoria. Being in the woods is something that evokes such happiness in me. The lighthearted joy of rafting, fishing or catching fireflies is what I've attempted to capture."

The competition drew 130,000 submissions from grades K-12 and millions of people voted for their favorites. This is the second time a winner has been picked from Wisconsin.

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