Exhibit 32.1

                        CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
                         Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350

          Pursuant to, and for purposes only of, 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, each of the
 undersigned hereby certifies that (i) the Quarterly Report of Shore Bancshares,
 Inc.  on Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended  September  30,  2003 filed with the
 Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Report")  fully  complies with the
 requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
 and (ii) information  contained in the Report fairly presents,  in all material
 respects,   the  financial   condition  and  results  of  operations  of  Shore
 Bancshares, Inc.


Date: November 14, 2003          By: /s/ W. Moorhead Vermilye
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                                     W. Moorhead Vermilye
                                     President/Chief Executive Officer



Date: November 14, 2003          By: /s/ Susan E. Leaverton
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                                     Susan E. Leaverton, CPA
                                     Treasurer/Principal Accounting Officer