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Alyssa, a 15-year-old from Irvine, CA, is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2008 BKFK Digital Arts Challenge. Her winning idea "The Guardians" depicts a new kind of hero. Uncovering the challenging nature of the color guard, where dancers spin, toss and catch flags, rifles or sabers, Alyssa has conceived an edge-of-your-seat graphic novel that stars five heroines. Naturally, the girls dance on their high school’s “sport of the arts” color guard squad, but their real job is to protect the President...
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Blair got her first school locker when she entered 6th grade. She was excited and went to the store with the intent of “customizing” her locker to make it her own. She wanted to make it cool and fun. She was disappointed to find that there wasn’t much to choose from. Blair set out to come up with something that would turn a boring locker into a cool, fun and bright place to go between classes!
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Edward, a 12-year-old from Boyds, MD, was awarded the first place distinction in his state for his “Acid Rain Cloud Seeding” proposal. Studying science in school, Edward learned about the environment and global ecosystems. The topic of acid rain in particular inspired him to take action to help alleviate a very global concern. Since cloud seeding is being used worldwide to induce rainfall, why not use it to also positively influence the water’s pH factor?
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