Fargo student wins North Dakota's Google Doodle contest

Jiang GoogleDoodle.jpg — Denise Jiang, a sophomore at Fargo South High School stands in front of her artwork entitled, "Slurp" with Fargo South art teacher Megan Johnson. The picture won the Doodle for Google Student Contest for the state of North Dakota, and will move on to the next round of the competition.

By Forum staff

May 25, 2022 at 6:49 PM

FARGO — A Fargo high school student's drawing has a chance to be featured on Google's homepage.

Denise Jiang's illustration, entitled "Slurp," won the Doodle for Google Student Contest for North Dakota. She's a sophomore at South High.

In the contest, K-12 students from across the country entered drawings, and Google allowed voting on the drawings on their website.

The winner will be picked from the top five drawings by a panel of celebrity judges.

The winning piece will then be featured on Google's homepage for a full day in June, and the student will get a $30,000 college scholarship. The school will also receive a $50,000 tech package toward improving a computer lab or technology program.

Jiang says this victory was good reassurance for her.

"I have entered other art competitions and I haven't won those, so it always makes me feel like, 'Oh, is my art not good enough,' and stuff like that, but it's moments like these that I know that it will come," Jiang said.

By Forum staff

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