© Ronda Birtha

CreateSpace has just announced the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. This contest will award the winners a $15K publishing contract with Penguin USA, along with distribution of the winning novel on Amazon.com.

One award will be given to the writer of an English language, unpublished or self-published manuscript in the General Fiction and Young Adult categories. Submissions are being accepted until February 7th, or until they have received 5,000 entries in each category.

The contest is going to be conducted like a tournament in which contestants will be shuttled through First-round, Second-round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals. Check out CreateSpace for specific information about the judging and the key dates.