The contest was the highlight of the city’s annual Hemingway Days salute to author Ernest Hemingway, which ended Sunday. The author lived in Key West for most of the 1930s, according to the news outlet.
Auvil defeated 124 other contestants for this year’s title. He was a finalist in the 2021 contest won by Zach Taylor, a 63-year-old electrical and plumbing supply company owner from Ambrose, Georgia.
Auvil, who is an attorney in Dade City, received a bachelor’s degree in business administrator management at the University of Florida and graduated from that university’s law school.
Auvil said he shares Hemingway’s passion for fishing, has written some fiction and would like to do more writing.
“Every man wants to write like Hemingway,” Auvil said.
While living in Key West, Hemingway wrote “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “To Have and Have Not,” according to the AP.
Photos: Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West crowns 2022 champion In this Saturday, July 23, 2022, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Jon Auvil, center, grimaces as he receives congratulatory smooches from Joe Maxey, left, and Fred Johnson, right, after winning the 2022 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Photos: Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West crowns 2022 champion In this Saturday, July 23, 2022, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Jon Auvil, center, receives an Ernest Hemingway bust and congratulations after he won the 2022 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. Left of Auvil is Joe Maxey, the 2019 winner, and at right is Fred Johnson, who won in 1986. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Photos: Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West crowns 2022 champion In this Saturday, July 23, 2022, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Gerrit Marshall, right, endeavors to convince the judges he should win the 2022 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Photos: Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West crowns 2022 champion In this Saturday, July 23, 2022, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Chris Dutton examines a cutout photo of a young Ernest Hemingway as he tries to convince the judges to name him the winner of the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Photos: Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West crowns 2022 champion In this Saturday, July 23, 2022, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, supporters of Wayne Collins cheer for the entrant during the 2022 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Photos: Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West crowns 2022 champion In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, "Papa" Hemingway look-alikes help staff of the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital carry "Papa," a 185-pound loggerhead sea turtle, to be released into the Atlantic Ocean off Marathon, Fla., Thursday, July 21, 2022. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Photos: Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West crowns 2022 champion In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Joe Swinford, left, and Steve Usuina, right, have fun while standing next to a photographic cutout of Ernest Hemingway during the first round of the "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Photos: Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West crowns 2022 champion In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Wayne Collins, left, tries to impress the judges during the first round of the "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Photos: Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West crowns 2022 champion In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, "Papa" Hemingway look-alikes join Turtle Hospital staff to watch "Papa," a 185-pound loggerhead sea turtle, crawl into the Atlantic Ocean off Marathon, Fla., Thursday, July 21, 2022. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Photos: Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West crowns 2022 champion In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Tom Gizzard, center, the 2008 winner of the "Papa Hemingway Look-Alike Contest and other previous winners/judges examine contestants during the first round of the 2022 contest Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Photos: Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West crowns 2022 champion In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Joe Maxey, the 2019 "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest winner, smashes birthday cake on the face of Zach Taylor, the 2021 winner, on the 123rd anniversary of Ernest Hemingway's birthday Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)