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Cartoon Caption Contest

Cartoon Caption Contest

Submit Your Caption

Your caption for Contest #908 will be rated by readers, like you, in the next round.

Person stranded on an island looking at a floating magicians hat.
Cartoon by Frank Cotham

Rate Submissions

Your responses will help us select three finalists for Contest #907.

Man DJs at the head of table in meeting.
Cartoon by Hartley Lin

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 #906.

Two pelicans watch someone dive from a diving platform.
Cartoon by Lynn Hsu

The Winner

Contest #904

Soccer player about to kick ball into goal guarded by goat.
Cartoon by Drew Dernavich

“The petting zoo said he was a keeper.”

Ralph Sullivan, South Bend, Ind.

Second Place

“You know we got 'em when they're down to their mascot.”

John W. Shields, North Kingstown, R.I.

Third Place

“These overtime rules are getting stranger every year.”

Jay Shannon, Anaheim, Calif.

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