Hemingway Look-Alike Contest returns to the Florida Keys
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In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, David Bat Masterson toots a conch shell during the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Thursday, July 22, 2021, at Sloppy Joe s Bar in Key West, Fla. The 2020 competition, part of the subtropical island s Hemingway Days festival, was canceled last year due to COVID-19. Thursday night s contest attracted 72 entrants and a second preliminary round is set for Friday, July 23, with the finals scheduled for Saturday, July 24. Ernest Hemingway lived in Key West throughout most of the 1930s. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Hemingway Look-Alike Contest returns to the Florida Keys
July 22, 2021
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1of5In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, David Bat Masterson toots a conch shell during the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Thursday, July 22, 2021, at Sloppy Joe s Bar in Key West, Fla. The 2020 competition, part of the subtropical island s Hemingway Days festival, was canceled last year due to COVID-19. Thursday night s contest attracted 72 entrants and a second preliminary round is set for Friday, July 23, with the finals scheduled for Saturday, July 24. Ernest Hemingway lived in Key West throughout most of the 1930s. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)Andy Newman/APShow MoreShow Less
July 22, 2021 - 6:02 PM
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) â The 40th edition of an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest opened Thursday night at an iconic Key West bar once frequented by the author, marking the return of a contest canceled last year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Some 70 stocky, bearded men resembling the late writer competed in the first of two preliminary rounds at Sloppy Joeâs Bar. The contestâs second preliminary round is set for Friday and the 2021 winner is to be chosen Saturday night.
The three-night contest is a cornerstone of the islandâs Hemingway Days festival, staged around the literary legendâs July 21 birthday to salute his writing talent, legacy and adventurous life. Hemingway lived and wrote on the subtropical island for most of the 1930s.
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After skipping a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest is set to return to the Florida Keys this summer.
The 40th contest is scheduled for July 22-24 with a reduced entry field, organizer Donna Edwards said Friday. Hosted at Sloppy Joe s Bar, preliminary rounds on July 22 and 23 will feature 35 contestants each night, about half the number that usually enter, Edwards said. The final round on July 25 will have about 24 finalists.