Winners announced for short story contest

Cat & Mouse Press has announced the winners of the 2018 Rehoboth Beach Reads Short Story Contest. The contest, in its sixth year, invited writers to submit short stories that fit the theme Beach Fun, and had a connection to Rehoboth Beach.

Browseabout Books, contest sponsor, awards a $500 cash prize for first place, $250 for second place, and $100 for third place. The top stories will be included in the book “Beach Fun,” to be published by Cat & Mouse Press by the end of the year.

A panel of judges selects stories for the top prizes and chooses stories they think deserve special merit for individual judge’s awards. This year’s judges were Alex Colevas, Stephanie Fowler, Tery Griffin, Laurel Marshfield, Mary Pauer and Candace Vessella.

The stories selected for Beach Fun were: first place, “The Tooth Fairy’s Helper,” Joy Givens, Pittsburgh, Pa.; second place, “Sea to Shining See,” Kathleen Martens, Rehoboth Beach; third place, “Beach Thief,” Lonn Braender, Washington Crossing, Pa
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Judges’ Awards went to “Where’s Miss Birdie,” Mary Staller, New Port Richey, Fla.; 
”The Best Spot,” Bill Hicks, Lewes; “DE
Edora M. Duke’s Flower Beds,” Jennifer Logue, Clayton; “The Beginning of Everything,” Andrew Kleinstuber, Selbyville; “DE
A Day at Rehoboth Beach,” Tanya Schuler-Koltuk, Lewes; and “DE
A Mind of Its Own,” Alejandra Lazcano, Bethesda, Md.

Also selected
 for the anthology were “Best Seat in the House,” Jenny Scott, Greenwood; “Zale's Tale,” Cassandra Ulrich, Collingswood, N.J.; “
A Birthday Under the Sun,” Brooke Griffin, Herndon, Va.; “
Who is JP,” Cynthia Ann Koch, Sinking Spring, Pa.; “
Living Dangerously on the Boardwalk,” Jean Youkers, Hockessin; “Wsh u wr hr lol,” Joseph Crossen, Dover; “Afternoon Showers,” Krystina Schuler, no town listed
; “Beach Bargain,” Ann Nolan, Lewes; “Swallow Colors,” Katie Jaywork, Neenah, Wis.; “
Pirate Moon,” David Healey, Chesapeake City, Md.; “
Jack’s Confession,” Mary Dolan, Easton, Md.; “
Chasing Rainbows,” Barbara Nuzzo, Millsboro; “Around it Goes,” Terri Clifton, Milford; “
A Defining Moment in DE,” Marti Austin, Rehoboth Beach; “Whistles,” Paul Barronet, Chesapeake, Va.; and “
The Sea Witch of Rehoboth,” John Leone, Deptford, N.J.

For more information, go to www.catandmousepress.com.