Google Highly Open Participation Contest

The Google Highly Open Participation Contest was a contest run by Google during 2007-2008 aimed at high school students. The contest is designed to encourage high school students to participate in open source projects.

One of the t-shirts offered as prizes by Google

Eligibility

The contest was open to students thirteen years of age or older who were then currently enrolled in high school (or equivalent pre-university or secondary school program).

Prizes

Prizes offered by Google included a contest t-shirt and a participation certificate for completing at least one task and US$100 for every three tasks completed to a maximum of US$500. There was a grand prize of a trip to the Google headquarters for an award ceremony. Each participating open source project selected one contestant to receive the grand prize.

Winners

Grand prize winners:

• Apache Software Foundation: Spencer Davis,
• Drupal: Peter Cawley,
• GNOME: Patrick Hulin,
• Joomla!: Tomasz Dobrzyński,
• MoinMoin: Federico Lorenzi,
• Mono: Daniel Abramov,
• Moodle: Worrapat Boonyarittipong,
• Plone: Jonathan Wilde,
• Python: Jarosław Tworek,
• SilverStripe: Wojciech Szkutnik.