They’ve gathered once again at Sloppy Joes Bar in Key West Florida.

Almost 140-bearded men, who resemble Ernest Hemingway, have assembled to compete in this year’s contest, which began last night.

The contest is the highlight of the island’s Hemingway Days Festival that salutes the literary talent and adventurous life of the Nobel Prize-winning author.

Hemingway wrote a number of novels including “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “The Old Man and the Sea” and worked as a columnist for the Toronto Star back in the 1920s.