CENTER LOVELL, Maine - On June 6, the owner of a old Maine inn will give it away to the winner of an essay contest. Janice Sage, who herself won the Center Lovell Inn in a similar essay contest more than 20 years ago, has decided it's time to retire and hand the business over to someone else. As independent producer Mette Lützhøft discovered, the essay contest giveaway has become a bit of an industry in itself.
Mette Lützhøft produced this profile for the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland.
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