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The International Imitation Hemingway Competition, also known as the Bad Hemingway Contest, was an annual writing competition begun in Century City, California.Started in 1977 as a "promotional gag", [1] and held for nearly thirty years, the contest pays mock homage to Ernest Hemingway by encouraging authors to submit a 'really good page of really bad Hemingway' in a Hemingway-esque style.
The second letter, for example, compares Carthage's use of import duties on grains in order to extract revenues from Sardinia to Britain's use of duties to raise revenues in its colonies. [7] Each of the twelve letters ends with a Latin epigram intended to capture the central message to the reader, much as in Addison's essays in The Spectator.
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It is endorsed by the contest criteria of the National Association of Secondary School Principals and is designed to foster patriotism by allowing students the opportunity to voice their opinion in a three- to five-minute essay based on an annual theme. Historically, the Voice of Democracy theme (chosen by the VFW Commander-in-Chief annually ...
Sports Commentator Dov Kleiman also shared a clip of the contest, writing alongside, “Florida high school quarterback beats the GOAT Tom Brady in a Mr. Beast passing contest to win $100K.” ...
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Figment occasionally offered writing contests to help writers hone their skills. Many of the contests focused on themes and issues presented in popular and upcoming young adult books, and provided prompts with which users can create their contest entries. The contests often involved published YA authors.