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SINGAPORE: A three-month, Asia-Pacific search by Hewlett-Packard and Cartoon Network for the best cartoon created online by children has ended with 9-year-old Mohammad Aidy Adham taking home the top prize.
The Malaysian was among six winners selected from more than 700,000 participants across the Asia Pacific region for the inaugural Toon Creator Awards.
The others, Dylan Stehlik (Australia), Shreyas Aiyar (India), Jeslyn Seetoh Hui Yi (Singapore), Jonathan Chu (Taiwan) and Elise Finney (Thailand) were named Individual Country Winners. Each child went home with an HP TouchSmart PC and a Cartoon Network Digital Pack loaded with goodies that include an MP3 player, digital camera, a USB flash drive and an MP3 speaker.
As for Mohammad Aidy Adham, who walked away with extra prizes including an HP notebook and printer, he credited the success to his father.
"I was very surprised and happy to know that I was the grand prize winner of the Toon Creator Awards. My dad inspired and motivated me to join this contest," said the 9-year-old.
The Toon Creator Awards, an interactive contest where kids create their own animation was held from July 13 to September 30 last year saw more than 700,000 unique users registered and over 151,000 animation entries submitted.
Dennis Mark, Vice President and General Manager, Marketing, Personal Systems Group, HP Asia Pacific and Japan, was impressed with the quality of entries submitted.
"The level of quality and creativity displayed by the winners of this year's inaugural Toon Creator Awards was outstanding and we firmly believe that each and every one has a bright future ahead of them be it in animation or any other creative field," he said.
Apart from the individual winners, five schools - St Spyridon College (Australia), Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 (India), Sekolah Rendah Sri Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Queenstown Primary School (Singapore) and Assumption College (Thailand) – each received three HP TouchSmart PCs for having the most registered entries in their respective country.
"We hope this regional initiative will continue to serve as a community platform to promote self-expression and imagination in a fun and exciting way, encouraging young talent to showcase their creativity through technology," said Benjamin Grubbs, Regional Director for Turner Entertainment Interactive Media. - CNA/fa
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