Latest News and Announcements

EHOP Announces Second Annual Hemingway Shorts Contest

Do you share Ernest Hemingway’s dream? If so, the Ernest  Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park has a great opportunity for you to realize your creative aspirations. We are announcing our second annual Hemingway Shorts competition, which was introduced in 2016 to give aspiring writers a chance to publish their work.

2019 PEN/Hemingway Award Winner Announced

2019 PEN/ Hemingway Award2018 PEN/ Hemingway Award

Tommy Orange, There, There (Alfred A Knopf)

Orange’s There There illuminates the lives of urban Native Americans, and explores their struggles with identity and authenticity.

Grammy-Winning Hemingway Concerto

At the Grammys on 12 February, Michael Daugherty's cello concerto "Tales of Hemingway" took home all three awards for which it had been nominated: Best Classical Instrumental Solo, Best Classical Compendium, and Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

Children's Book Copyright Lawsuit

Fredrik Colting and Melissa Medina's publication of KinderGuides, a collection of children's books based on literary classics (including The Old Man and the Sea), has led to a copyright lawsuit filed by the writers' estates and by the Penguin Random House and Simon & Schus

Grammy Nominations for Hemingway Concerto

The concerto "Tales of Hemingway" has received three Grammy nominations for Best Classical Instrumental Solo, Best Classical Compendium, and Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

Marjorie Bump Letters Find a New Home

The Michigan Hemingway Society has permanently loaned its collection (orignally donated by David and Stephanie Meeker) of nearly 250 letters between Hemingway's childhood friend Marjorie Bump (Main) and writer Donald St.