Scribophile, a fiction writing community, is launching a new contest in the spirit of the new decade–and new beginnings.

Scribophile’s New Beginnings Contest gives budding writers the chance to write a short story featuring the theme of new beginnings. How you intepret it is up to you, but the best work gets a $100 Amazon.com gift card and a 3000 word editing credit for Elite Editing. You’ll need to sign up on Scribophile.com to submit your short story, however.

Here’s the rest of the specs:

• Submit: To submit, post your short story on Scribophile.com and tag it with the keyphrase “new beginnings contest”.
• Length: Keep it under 3000 words for consideration.
• Formatting: Formatting is not specified.
• Prizes: 1st place receive a $100 Amazon.com gift card and 3000 word editing credits to Elite Editing. 2nd place receives a $50 Amazon.com gift card.
• Deadline: March 31, 2010.

To learn more about Scribophile’s New Beginnings Contest, click here.

Good luck!