Rehoboth short story contest winners announced
Susan Kehoe, general manager of Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach, presented the winners of the 2017 Rehoboth Beach Reads Short Story Contest with their cash awards Oct. 13 at the store. Browseabout sponsors the annual contest, which has been held for five years. Receiving the top awards this year were: first place and $500: Michael Sprouse, Lewes, for "Some Girls;" second place and $250: Kathleen Martens, Rehoboth Beach, for "Not in My World"; third place - a tie - splitting $100: Alex Hannah, Washington, D.C., for "The Stranger and the Horseshoe," and Jackson Coppley, Rehoboth Beach and Chevy Chase, Md., for "The Bomber Jacket."
Their stories, along with 21 other stories selected by the panel of judges, have been published in the anthology “Beach Life.” The contest invites writers to submit short beach reads that fit the year's theme. Entries are judged on creativity, quality of writing, suitability as a beach read, and fit with the theme.
Next year's Rehoboth Beach Reads Short Story Contest will open March 1, 2018. Contest information is posted on the Cat & Mouse Press website: www.catandmousepress.com, and updates are provided on the contest Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RehobothBeachReads.
Cat & Mouse Press was established to produce books and other materials that are fun, entertaining, and of particular interest to residents of and visitors to the Delmarva region. The company publishes a free weekly newspaper for writers, Writing is a Shore Thing (www.writingisashorething.com). For more information, visit the websites noted above.
