Cash prizes are awarded, $500 and $200 for the best full-length and short plays in Division One, $250 and $100 for the best plays in Division Two. All plays will be considered for development by Kumu Kahua Theatre.

Division One plays must be set in Hawaii or deal with an aspect of the Hawaiian experience. Division Two plays - by writers residing in Hawaii at the time of submission - should exclude a specifically Hawaiian setting or theme.

Brochures are available at Kumu Kahua, 46 Merchant St., and the department, 1770 East-West Road. Call Kumu Kahua at 536-4222 or the department at 956-2588.

Tomorrow, the festival features four stages of storytellers at McCoy Pavilion, 1 to 9 p.m. Opening ceremonies begin at noon.

Ne Jame, an Oahu resident for over 25 years, will be at Borders Books & Music, Waikele, 7 p.m. Wednesday, the Japanese Cultural Center 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center 7 p.m. Nov. 1.

Call 455-0431 on Oahu, 242-4665 on Maui.

The Contemporary Fiction Reading Group tackles John Dufresne's "Louisiana Power & Light," 7 p.m. Wednesday at Barnes & Noble, Kahala.

Guy Kawasaki presents "How to Drive Your Competition Crazy," 7 p.m. Tuesday at Borders, Ward Centre.

Clinical psychologist Anita Johnston talks about her new book, "Eating in the Light of the Moon," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at Barnes & Noble, Kahala.

The star in this version of the classic tale is made of rice with limu hair, a nori jacket, takuan eyes and an umeboshi heart. Illustrations by Pat Hall.

"Chicken Skin - True Spooky Stories of Hawai'i": Edited by Rick Carroll, $9.95, 96 pages, Bess Press

Graveyards, the Night Marchers and even Hilo's Merrie Monarch Festival figure into these new, first-hand accounts of people's experiences with the mana of sacred places and the power of kapu and the kahuna. Carroll is a contributing editor of Aloha magazine and the author of six Hawaii guidebooks.

"The Family Markowitz": Allegra Goodman, $22, 262 pages, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Novel offers frank, humorous, compassionate portraits of individuals in an archetypal Jewish-American family. Some chapters focus on the experience of a single person; Goodman says as a whole they lead readers to see the family "prismatically." Parts of the novel originally appeared in "The New Yorker."

Goodman's first collection of stories, "Total Immersion," is largely based in the Hawaii of her youth.

"Harvest Year": Cris Peterson, $14.95, 28 pages, Boyd Mills Press

Nonfiction children's book illustrates the year-round harvesting of food in the United States. Lively images by photographer Alvis Upitis accompany Peterson's details on how food is gathered, from Hawaii pineapple in January to Florida oranges in December. States mentioned for each month are highlighted on a map.

3. Three Whales Who Won the Heart of the World Suzanne Kita, Island Heritage (6)

4. Aloha Bear and the Meaning of Aloha Dick Adair, Island Heritage (7)

5. The Legend of the Laughing Gecko Bruce Hale, Geckostufs (4)

6. Tales of Tutu Nene and Nele Gale Bates, Island Heritage

7. Fishes of Hawaii Susan and Thomas Kelly, Bess Press (5)

8. The Three Little Hawaiian Pigs and the Magic Shark Donivee Martin Laird, Barnaby Books (10)

9. The Stowaway Fairy in Hawaii Mary Koski, Island Heritage

10. Sand to Sea: Marine Life of Hawaii Stephanie Feeney and Ann Fielding, University of Hawai'i Press

2. Viewbook (series) Douglas Peebles, Hawaiian Resources (2)

3. Hawaii Blossoms Dorothy and Bob Hargreaves, Island Heritage (6)

4. Islands of Hawaii Ray Helbig, Hawaiian Service (5)

5. Kauai, The Garden Island Allan Seiden, Island Heritage (7)

6. Hawaii The Big Island Glen Grant, Peter French and Greg Vaughn, Mutual Publishing

7. With Sam Choy: Cooking from the Heart Sam Choy, Mutual Publishing (1)

8. The Essential Guide to Maui Island Heritage

9. Flowers of Hawaii Allan Seiden, Island Heritage (9)

10. Maui, The Valley Isle Allan Seiden, Island Heritage

2. Legends and Myths of Hawaii David Kalakaua, Mutual Publishing (7)

3. Hawaiian Mythology Martha Beckwith, University of Hawai'i Press (3)

4. Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess Inge Sargent, University of Hawai'i Press (5)

5. Myths and Legends of Hawaii W.D. Westervelt, Mutual Publishing (6)

6. The Betrayal of Liliuokalani Helena G. Allen, Mutual Publishing (10)

7. Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen Lydia Liliuokalani, Mutual Publishing (2)

8. Mark Twain in Hawaii Mark Twain, Mutual Publishing (8)

9. (tied) Sons for the Return Home Albert Wendt, University of Hawai'i Press

9. (tied) A Hawaiian Reader edited by A. Grove Day and Carl Stroven, Mutual Publishing

2. Hawaiian Names English Names Eileen Root, Press Pacifica (3)

3. Waikiki 100 B.C. to 1900 A.D.: An Untold Story George Kanahele, University of Hawai'i Press

4. Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands Gavan Daws, University of Hawai'i Press (6)

5. Honolulu Mysteries Glen Grant, Mutual Publishing (8)

6. Na Mele O Hawaii Nei Samuel Elbert and Noelani Mahoe, University of Hawai'i Press (5)

7. Ka Lei Ha 'Aheo: Beginning Hawaiian Alberta Hopkins, University of Hawai'i Press (2)

8. Pele - Goddess of Hawaiian Volcanoes Herb Kane, Kane Press (9)

9. Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai Gavan Daws, University of Hawai'i Press

10. Hawaii This 'N That LaRue W. Piercy, Mutual Publishing

2. Pearl Harbor: The Way It Was Scott C.S. Stone, Island Heritage (4)

3. Hawaiian Dictionary (revised) Mary Pukui and Samuel Elbert, University of Hawai'i Press (5)

4. Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific J.E.N. Veron, University of Hawai'i Press

5. Hawaii's Fishes: A Guide for Snorkelers, Divers and Aquarists John Hoover, Mutual Publishing (3)

6. Atlas of Hawaii O.A. Bushnell, Gavan Daws and Andrew Berger, Island Heritage (6)

7. Conversational Tagalog Teresita Ramos, University of Hawai'i Press

8. Maui's Floral Splendor Angela Kay Kepler, Mutual Publishing

9. Exotic Tropicals of Hawaii Angela Kay Kepler and Jacob R. Mau, Mutual Publishing (10)

10. Tropical Trees of Hawaii Dorothy & Bob Hargreaves, Island Heritage (7)

These are best-selling books in Hawaii during April 1996. Figures are courtesy of the Hawaii Book Publishers Association and Book-lines distributors, and reflect sales by Hawaii-based publishers. A star () denotes a title that has been on the market at least five years or more; a number in parenthesis indicates a title's previous ranking.