International Imitation Hemingway Competition
international imitation hemingway competition also known bad hemingway contest annual writing competition begun century city california started promotional gag held nearly thirty year contest pay mock homage ernest hemingway encouraging author submit really good page really bad hemingway hemingwayesque style submission included title big toohardened liver winner old man flea winner bug count also rise across suburb express lane vons winner scott stavrou short happy life france comb competition created two rule mention harrys bar grill venetian harrys long one hemingway favorite watering hole funny first prize roundtrip ticket dinner two harrys florence italy addition humor contest irony existence hemingway famously said step writing parody writing wall urinal nevertheless contest thousand dedicated enthusiast among writer hemingway fan drawing entry first ten year operation many notable literary figure judged contest year including digby diehl jack smith ray bradbury barnaby conrad george plimpton bernice kert jack hemingway scott berg joseph wambaugh late seeking promote harrys bar american grill century city california bar owner jerry magnin larry mindel consulted advertising executive paul keye suggested contest capitalize hemingway literary reference harrys contest announcement new yorker magazine stated one good page bad hemingway send friend italy dinner th annual contest promote contest move closing century city san francisco harrys pr firm tellem worldwide recruited noted san francisco author herb caen lawrence ferlinghetti cyra mcfadden judge year contest spectrum food inc new owner harrys los angeles ended sponsorship contest escalating cost time literary organization pen center west took sponsorship american airline inflight magazine american way began printing contestwinning entry continued grand prize flight italy united airline assumed sponsorship contest publishing winning entry inflight online hemisphere magazine united airline support continued contest following competition ended final winning parody entitled da movable code hemingway spare writing style often imitated prior contest since two anthology imitation hemingway published best bad hemingway volume ii include contest winner well satire hemingway written e b white raymond chandler f scott fitzgerald george plimpton international imitation hemingway award winner snooze kilimanjaro mark silber international imitation hemingway award winner big toohardened liver ken bash international imitation hemingway award winner across suburb express lane scott stavrou