The award-winning poet or writer will receive $100, an accompanying award certificate and publication in the anthology. It is not necessary to enter the contest to submit to the anthology. Noncontest submissions must be unpublished or the author must own the publication rights. There is no entry fee and the deadline for entries is Monday, March 15.

Short stories and essay entries may be either fiction or nonfiction and a maximum of 1,500 words. They can be mainstream literary short stories, genre short stories, memoirs, personal essays or magazine feature articles. Poems, either rhyming or nonrhyming, may be a maximum of 60 lines per poem. All entries must be original. unpublished work not accepted by a publisher at the time of submission.

Entries must include two copies of each submission, including cover page. Entries must be typed single-sided on 8 1/2-by-11-inch white paper. Poems may be single or double-spaced. Fiction or essay entries must be double-spaced. Multiple pages must be numbered in the top right-hand corner and include a slug line at the top of consecutive pages with the genre and title (i.e. short story/The Visitor).

The cover sheet must include the author’s name, address and email address, if available, the competition category (fiction, essay, poetry) and the word or line count, not counting the title. Entries above the maximum length will be disqualified. Do not staple the cover sheet to the entry.

Entries should be emailed to btravalini@aol.com or mailed to Billie Travalini, 4105 Eastview Lane, Wilmington, DE 19802.

Prose entries should be mailed to Maribeth Fischer, P.O. Box 1326, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.

Contact the Lewes Public Library at 645-4633, or visit leweslibrary.org for detailed submission requirements.