Hemingway Days planned in Key West

KEY WEST, Fla. -- Key West's annual Hemingway Days celebration is scheduled for July 17-22.

The festival's main literary event is the announcement of the winners of the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, scheduled for 8 p.m. on July 20. Details at www.shortstorycompetition.com.

Lorian Hemingway, author of "Walk on Water," is Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter and head of the panel that decides the winner of the contest, which receives 750 to 1,000 entries each year. She is also working on a book called "Key West: The Pirate Heart."

The awards presentations and readings are held at Casa Antigua, Ernest Hemingway's first Key West address. He lived on the island for a decade.

Lorian Hemingway is scheduled to be one of several writers presenting their work at "Voices, Places, Inspirations," July 18, 8-10 p.m., free, at Wyland's 623 Duval St. gallery. Also taking part will be Tom Corcoran, who writes the Key West-based Alex Rutledge mystery series; storyteller Captain Finbar Gittelman of the Schooner Wolf, and Brian Gordon Sinclair, who performs one-man shows about Ernest Hemingway's life. Sinclair will also perform his "Hemingway's Havana," on July 17, 7 p.m., at Tropic Cinema, 416 Eaton St., $10; details at www.kwahs.com.

A full schedule of events can be found at www.hemingwaydays.net. For Key West lodging information, call (800) 527-8539 or visit www.fla-keys.com.