MA Kids Can Name A Snowplow This Winter. Here's How

MASSACHUSETTS — Bay State students who want to name a snowplow this winter have about a week left to submit their ideas to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, according to officials.

MassDOT on Tuesday announced it was extending the deadline for the third annual “Name a Snowplow” contest, which asks kids to submit their best name ideas for 12 MassDOT snowplows that will be in service for the 2024-25 winter season.

The deadline for ideas is 5 p.m. on Dec. 13 and can be submitted by using this online portal.

Winners will be selected by a panel comprised of MassDOT employees who will choose two school classroom winners located within each of the six Highway Division districts. Winning submissions will be evaluated based on two grade-level categories: Kindergarten through fourth grade, and fifth through eighth grade.

Winning names will be announced on Dec. 20. Winners will be invited to participate in a scheduled snowplow unveiling event, officials said.

Last year's winning names were:

• Flower Plower
• Edward Blizzardhands
• Glacier Gobbler
• Polar Pathmaker
• Snow B Wan Kenobi
• The Snolar Express
• Sleetwood Mac
• Snow Place Like Home
• Snow-hemian Rhapsody
• The Mayplower
• Snow Monstah
• Fast and Flurryous.

The names were placed on the sides of plow trucks a year ago and remain on those vehicles.

More information on the contest is available online.