The Google Highly Open Participation Contest was a contest run by Google

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 during 2007-2008 aimed at high school students. The contest is designed to encourage high school students to participate in open source projects.

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