Tom Gizzard Wins 28th Annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest

Posted on July 30, 2008

Tom Gizzard of of Leesburg, Florida won this year's Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike Contest. The contest is held annually at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West. This year was the 28th time the contest was held. The contest is one of many events in Key West to celebrate the birthday of Ernst Hemingway and honor his work as author and sportsman.

Congrats to Tom Gizzard for looking so much like Hemingway! We have to say that all the contestants do resemble the great writer.

USA Today has an article about this year's competition here.

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