The Field Arts Hall and the Story People of Clallam County present the Liars Contest!
Thursday, June 12, 2025 7:00 – 9:00 pm Liars contest tickets
Field Arts Hall, 201 W. Front St., Port Angeles
Cash Prizes! $100 ~ 1st place; $50 ~ 2nd place; $25 ~ 3rd place.
Up to 10 tellers will have 7 minutes each (plus a 1 minute grace period) to tell their best lie. Stories must be told, not read. An esteemed panel of judges will determine the winner.
Admission: $20 ~ Adults; $10 ~ youth (under 18) Liars contest tickets
Want to tell? To reserve your space to tell, email ClallamStoryPeople@gmail.com. The first 10 tellers will be confirmed, then we will start a waiting list for additional tellers.
Click here for: Rules and Guidelines for telling / judging
For questions and to sign up to tell, email us at clallamstorypeople@gmail.com.
Tips about lying from a top liar:
“From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. Tomorrow West Virginians will crown a new liar. … Bil Lepp will be one of the judges. He’s a professional storyteller and has won the competition’s top prize many times. For him, a good lie requires technique.”
Mr. BIL LEPP (Five-Time Liar Champion): “I think the most important thing is that it starts out at least a little bit believable, and then the exaggeration gradually expands until you’ve taken us somewhere that’s totally unbelievable, but you’ve done it in a subtle way so that we just go along with whatever’s going on.”
Here’s more from Bil expounding further on the art of telling a lie. And here he is telling one of his masterful and entertaining lies.
