USA Pro Cycling Challenge wants local artist

The USA Pro Cycling Challenge is searching for an artist capable of designing the tour’s national poster, and it could be you.

All entries must be submitted to the USA Pro Challenge Facebook contest page.

Only digital submissions via the Facebook page will be eligible, according to a news release issued Sunday.

The race will be held Aug. 20-26 beginning in Durango.

The USA Pro Cycling Challenge’s first annual race, hosted nearly 1 million spectators covering a 518-mile route through Colorado, Mary Monroe, co-chairwoman of the local organizing committee, told The Durango Herald in December.

The local economy and reputation will benefit from the race’s live spectators, national and international television coverage, Monroe said.

The deadline for entries is March 16, and the winners will be announced April 16, receiving national notoriety and a cash prize.

Official rules for the program can be found at www.facebook.com/USAProCyclingChallenge.