A Slow Tour Through France Book Cover

I'm not a big fan of design contests. Loads of graphic artists design the same thing and submit their ideas. The client looks them over and chooses ONE to be the "winner." The other designers really are the losers, because they spent their time and talent on a project they will never get paid for and will never see the light of day. Bull crap. But, every now and again, I participate just the same. Here is a book cover I designed through www.99designs.com. It's the story of a woman who travels across France on a bicycle. Her starting and ending points are marked with stars. It utilizes some stock imagery. The fancy font is Sugarbush Italic. The word "France" is set in Impact and there are raindrops within the text (the woman in the book encountered a lot of rain). Secondary text is set in the font Avenir. My design did not win, but alas, it is seeing the light of day on this blog. :)