An annual competition for Earnest Hemmingway lookalikes took place in Key West, Florida, on Sunday, July 23.<br /><br />The competition is held on July 21 every year to mark the winner of Nobel Prize in literature’s birthday.<br /><br />Born 117 years ago in Illinois, the white-bearded author lived and worked in Key West during the 1930s and frequented “Sloppy Joe’s” bar where the competition is held.<br /><br />This year’s winner was Texan Richard Filip, who was considered to have the closest resemblance to Hemmingway of all the 150 contestants.<br /><br />“Sailing into Key West was just incredible. I just looked around and thought these are the waters that Ernest travelled in and it was incredible to duplicate that. I feel like I was a part of his life,” Filip said.<br />
