2023

Fans of Wayne Collins cheer for their contestant as he competes in the annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Saturday, July 22, 2023, at Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West, Fla. The competition was a highlight of the annual Hemingway Days festival that ends Sunday, July 23. Ernest Hemingway lived in Key West throughout most of the 1930s. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Chris Dutton gazes at a photograph of Ernest Hemingway taken while the author lived in Key West during the 1930s as he competes in the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Saturday, July 22, 2023, at Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West, Fla. The competition was a highlight of the annual Hemingway Days festival that ends Sunday, July 23. Dutton made the finals as a young Hemingway look-alike but did not win. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Gerrit Marshall implores judges to choose him to win the annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Saturday, July 22, 2023, at Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West, Fla. After 11 years of competing Marshall, a Madison, Wisc., resident, finally achieved success on his 68th birthday. The competition was a highlight of the annual Hemingway Days festival that ends Sunday, July 23. Ernest Hemingway lived in Key West throughout most of the 1930s. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Finalists in the 2023 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest including, from left, Paul Phillips, Tim Stockwell, Gerrit Marshall, Chris Dutton and Bat Masterson, converse with each other while awaiting the judges’ results Saturday, July 22, 2023, at Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West, Fla. The competition was a highlight of the annual Hemingway Days festival that ends Sunday, July 23. Ernest Hemingway lived in Key West throughout most of the 1930s. After 11 years of competing, Marshall, a Madison, Wisc., resident, achieved success on his 68th birthday. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Gerrit Marshall, center, hoists his trophy after winning the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest outside Sloppy Joe’s Bar Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Key West, Fla. After 11 years of competing Marshall, a Madison, Wisc., resident, finally achieved success on his 68th birthday. Flanking Marshall, from left, are previous winners including Tom Grizzard, Wally Collins and John Stubbings. The competition was a highlight of the annual Hemingway Days festival that ends Sunday, July 23. Ernest Hemingway lived in Key West throughout most of the 1930s. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Zach Taylor, left, and Jon Auvil, right, congratulate Gerrit Marshall, center, for winning the annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Saturday, July 22, 2023, at Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West, Fla. After 11 years of competing Marshall, a Madison, Wisc., resident, finally achieved success on his 68th birthday. The competition was a highlight of the annual Hemingway Days festival that ends Sunday, July 23. Ernest Hemingway lived in Key West throughout most of the 1930s. Taylor won in 2021, while Auvil was the 2022 winner. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

B-roll of Hemingway look-alikes participating in "Running of the Bulls."
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Hemingway Days festival attendees have fun with costuming as they join Ernest Hemingway look-alikes during the annual "Running of the Bulls" Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Key West, Fla. The lighthearted take-off on the famed run in Pamplona, Spain, features replica bulls on wheels and is a focal element of the island city's annual Hemingway Days festival that ends Sunday, July 23. The Nobel Prize–winning author lived and wrote in Key West throughout most of the 1930s. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Chuck Swaim, right, and other Ernest Hemingway look-alikes ride and push mock bulls during the "Running of the Bulls" Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Key West, Fla. The lighthearted take-off on the famed run in Pamplona, Spain, features replica bulls on wheels and is a focal element of the island city's annual Hemingway Days festival that ends Sunday, July 23. The Nobel Prize–winning author lived and wrote in Key West throughout most of the 1930s. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)