Admission is free and the public is invited.
Author of two collections of short stories , The People Down South and The Palace of Wasted Footsteps Holladay has received fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Tennessee Arts Commission. She is now at work on a novel and another collection of stories. When I write, I am fascinated by the individuals character s struggles and the decisions they make, she said. Stephen King, one of the contest judges, wrote the introduction that appears with that story in the O. Henry Prize Stories volume. I m looking forward to seeing how the Eastern Shore has changed and visiting my old friends, Holladay said.