It might be beginning to look and feelas ifautumn has arrived on Long Beach Island, but summer hasn’t completely gone just yet. A new sandcastle building contest, sponsored by the Drifting Sands Oceanfront Hotel, is making sure of that.

Castle Bash, which organizers said will become an annual event, is slated for Sat., Sept. 21, rain or shine, on the beach in front of the hotel, 119 East Ninth St. in Ship Bottom. Ian Deibert, a professional sand sculptor from Absecon, will be on hand for the event.