To be held this spring, the competition to design and build a website template will award $10,000 in cash and prizes to the winner.

HostChart, a web host, today announced the launch of 'Programmer's Challenge' for this spring that will award $10,000 in cash and prizes to the winner.

The contest is to design and build a website template. The company is curently looking for an organization or charity that needs a website to be the recipient of the contest. The organization will provide its requirements and the competition will be judged by the organization and a panel from the sponsor companies, claims the company.

The challenge will run for 6 weeks and the 5 finalists of this competition will be given the chance to compete in a timed and taped competition for a TV show. Each contestant will have 48 hours to complete the website project and their desktops will be recorded.

"We plan to make this a regular event and develop competitive programming as a sport. There are competitive tours for cooking, video games, bass fishing, and ballroom dancing. Why not programming and graphic design?" said HostChart President, Rodney Ringler. "We are hoping to make this a regular competition circuit and have a deal in the works to make this first contest into a TV show."