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The people who come to Key West in July are all alike….
Resemblance to literary giant, Ernest Hemingway, is the first requirement to enter Sloppy Joe's Hemingway Look-Alike Contest. As many as 150 white-bearded Hemingway hopefuls from around the world compete for the coveted title of "Papa" each year. The competition is held at Sloppy Joe's, 201 Duval St., Hemingway's favorite Key West watering hole.
The "Papa" compadres play a large role in many other festival events, including the unforgettable "Running of the Bulls" that takes place outside Sloppy Joe's. Scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, the offbeat run pays tribute to one of Hemingway’s favorite sporting events.
Pulitzer and Nobel prize winner, Ernest Hemingway, lived in Key West throughout the 1930s, writing some of his most enduring works and embracing the live-and-let-live island attitude. Hemingway wrote in the mornings in a small studio behind his 907 Whitehead St. home and spent his afternoons deep-sea fishing, drinking and socializing with the locals. 
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