Today, An Event Apart and MIX Online announced 10K Apart. It’s a contest for web developers and designers, and the rules are simple:

1. Create a client-side web app, HTML5 and CSS3 are encouraged.
2. Make it work in IE9 Dev Preview, Firefox and Safari 5 or Chrome 5.
3. Make everything under 10KB.
4. jQuery, Prototype or Typekit don’t count against the 10K.

Entries can be submitted until August 25th. The King of Web Standards has spoken:

We want beauty. We want utility. We want excitement. And we want it all under 10K.

Let the game begin.