Announcing the winners of our Green Generation Cartoon Caption Contest!

Winners in the 5-11 category

First Place: Zenon Sommers, age 8
Second Place: Colin Christopher, age 10
Third Place: Tristan Stafford, age 6

Winners in the 12-18 Category

First Place: Marianna Letts, age 14
Second Place: Hannah Miller, age 12
Third Place: Joseph Sheldon, age 17

Click here to see final voting tally.

First place in each category will receive a Wacom Art Tablet, and 2nd and 3rd place in each category will receive a Colossal Children's Art Set with over 200 supplies.

CONTEST RULES:

1. Please, only one entry per child.
2. You must be between the ages of 5 and 11 in order to submit a caption for cartoon #1. You must be between the ages of 12 and 18 to submit a caption for cartoon #2.
3. In order to be considered, your caption should convey an environmental theme.
4. Captions will be judged based on how well they capture the content of the cartoon. They will also be judged based on creativity and humor.
5. Misspelled captions may be disqualified, so please be sure to spell-check your entries before sending them in.
6. Captions should be short and no longer than 3 sentences.
7. Submissions should be sent in an e-mail to staley@currclick.com by 5:00 p.m. CST, April 13th, 2009. Submissions should NOT include the actual cartoon, but only the text for the cartoon and the number of the cartoon for which you are submitting. *IMPORTANT:* If you are submitting for cartoon #2, please make clear where your caption should appear: below the cartoon, in the bottle, or both.
8. Submissions MUST include name, age, and a short bio about the entrant, including what the entrant does to try and make a positive impact on the environment.
9. If you are one of the 3 finalists, feel free to encourage your co-ops friends and family members to vote for your caption. (Voting runs April 22nd-April 29th.)Voters are only allowed 5 votes per account. You must be a CurrClick member in order participate in the voting process.

PRIZES AND NOTIFICATION:

1. You will NOT be notified that we received your submission. Entries that are not chosen as finalists will not be notified.
2. The top three entrants in each category will be notified on Wednesday, April 22nd and will have their prizes mailed to them by May 15th.
3. The cartoon captions with the most votes in each age category will receive a Wacom Computer Art Tablet, worth $70 in value. Click here for details.
4. The 2nd and 3rd place finishers in each category will receive a Colossal Children's Art Set with over 200 supplies, worth $50 in value. Click here for details.

1st place prize for both categories:

Bamboo (Small) Computer Art Pen Tablet with Pen Only

Personalize

Add your own distinctive touch. Change the face of your communications by handwriting notes, making quick sketches, and adding your personal signature to digital documents. With the natural feel of pen-on-paper, Bamboo makes it quick and easy for you to get your point across.

Write

Express yourself. Combine Bamboo with Mac Inkwell or Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 to jot notes, handwritten email, mark up documents, and enter handwritten text anywhere typed text is accepted. Bamboo gives you precise pen control with 512 levels of pressure sensitivity.

Navigate

Move around your desktop quickly and easily. Bamboo helps you select files, switch views, and open applications with a flick of the pen. Unleash new pen-specific features and capabilities that help you find your way when you combine Bamboo with Mac Inkwell or Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007.

Simplify

Bamboo is a more comfortable and natural way to work, giving you a supplement to keyboard input and helping reduce mouse-related stress on your hand and wrist. ExpressKeys provide shortcuts to your most commonly-used keystrokes, and the Touch Ring allows you to zoom and scroll with the touch of your finger.

Features

• Works with new handwriting recognition, inking and pen features in Windows Vista (all editions but Home Basic) and Apple operating systems (OS X)/li>
• Supports widescreen displays and has a textured work surface for a natural pen-on-paper feel/li>
• High resolution and report rate for outstanding accuracy/li>
• Precise control with an active area of 21 square inches and 512 levels of pressure sensitivity on the pen/li>
• Easy scrolling and zooming with finger-sensitive Touch Ring/li>
• Patented, battery-free pen with customizable buttons for comfort and reliability/li>
• Detachable USB cable unplugs from your computer and your tablet for easy storage and transport/li>
• Includes one year warranty/li>
• Free US-based technical support available/li>
• Quick access to user-defined shortcuts with four Express Keys

What's in the Box

• Bamboo pen tablet
• Bamboo pen
• Pen stand
• USB cable
• Quick start guide
• Installation CD (includes tablet driver and electronic user manual)

2nd and 3rd place prizes in both categories:

Colossal Children's Art Set

Includes over 200 awesome art supplies!

• 36 water based markers
• 36 oil pastels
• 36 watercolor cakes
• 72 colored pencils
• 5 acrylic paints
• 6 graphite pencils
• 3 palettes
• tape dispenser with clear tape
• sharpener
• ruler
• protractor
• 4 brushes
• 28 clips