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Cartoon Caption Contest

Cartoon Caption Contest

Submit Your Caption

Your caption for Contest #940 will be rated by readers, like you, in the next round.

Weather reporter under a small personal rainstorm pointing at weather forecast.
Cartoon by Mick Stevens

You must be thirteen or older to enter the contest. Your entry must be received by 11:59 P.M. E.T. on April 13 2025, and must follow the official caption contest rules.

Rate Submissions

Your responses will help us select three finalists for Contest #939.

Couple eating dinner in restaurant and Medusa is at table nearby.
Cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein

Time to visit the ophthalmologist!

All captions submitted by readers of The New Yorker.

Vote on Finalists

Your choice will help determine the winning caption for Contest #938.

Human walks into dog meeting.
Cartoon by Liza Donnelly

You must be thirteen or older to enter the contest. Your entry must be received by 11:59 P.M. E.T. on April 13 2025, and must follow the official caption contest rules.

The Winner

Contest #936

Two angels look on in wonder at two aliens who just beamed down into heaven from spaceship.
Cartoon by Daniel Kanhai

“You left the gate open again, didn't you.”

Edward Roads, Salem, Mass.

Second Place

“Who's gonna tell them they're not ‘just visiting’?”

Bill Keegan, Annapolis, Md.

Third Place

“No, we haven't seen your ball.”

Randy Cepuch, Reston, Va.

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