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Cartoon Caption Contest

Cartoon Caption Contest

Submit Your Caption

Your caption for Contest #972 will be rated by readers, like you, in the next round.

Two Godzillas watching a Godzilla movie in movie theatre.
Cartoon by Lonnie Millsap

You must be thirteen or older to enter the contest. Your entry must be received by 11:59 P.M. E.T. on December 21 2025, and must follow the official caption contest rules.

Rate Submissions

Your responses will help us select three finalists for Contest #971.

Tree stump surrounded by branches yelling at man holding chainsaw.
Cartoon by Rich Sparks

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 #970.

Grim Reaper perusing selfhelp section of library.
Cartoon by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

You must be thirteen or older to enter the contest. Your entry must be received by 11:59 P.M. E.T. on December 14 2025, and must follow the official caption contest rules.

The Winner

Contest #968

Dog teacher showing tennisball globe to classroom of puppies.
Cartoon by Kate Isenberg

“For the last time, I’m not going to throw it. Does anyone have a different question?”

Noah Berner, Hathaway Pines, Calif.

Second Place

“It’s the tilt that gives us the seasons: Rabbits, Sprinklers, Leaves, and Snowballs.”

Tom Hutch, Seattle, Wash.

Third Place

“No one knows why we are here. But you get a lifetime to chew on it.”

Kurt Markert, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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