The results are in! The three winners of the 2011 Safety Scholars Contest have been chosen from more than 9,500 online votes.

Our grand prize winner receives a $10,000 scholarship, and our second and third place winners each receive a $5,000 college scholarship. All three winners are given the chance to have their video be aired as a public service announcement on television stations across the U.S.

All Top 10 finalists, whose videos can be viewed here, won a brand new set of Bridgestone- or Firestone-brand tires for their innovative video submissions.

And the winners are …