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Cartoon Caption Contest

Cartoon Caption Contest

Submit Your Caption

Your caption for Contest 955 will be rated by readers, like you, in the next round.

Couple leaving apartment and finding rats dancing and relaxing on their stoop.
Cartoon by Maggie Larson

You must be thirteen or older to enter the contest. Your entry must be received by 11:59 P.M. E.T. on August 10 2025, and must follow the official caption contest rules.

Rate Submissions

Your responses will help us select three finalists for Contest #954.

Creature from the Black Lagoon working as a lifeguard on beach.
Cartoon by Harry Bliss

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 #953.

Lion getting a dental exam.
Cartoon by Mark Thompson

You must be thirteen or older to enter the contest. Your entry must be received by 11:59 P.M. E.T. on August 10 2025, and must follow the official caption contest rules.

The Winner

Contest #951

Two demons in Hell watching a man sitting on a couch holding a remote control.
Cartoon by Akeem Roberts

“He sold his soul for one year of ad-free streaming.”

Stephen Korba, Oxford, Ala.

Second Place

“You get the sense he’d be doing the same thing in Heaven.”

Matt Olszewski, New York City

Third Place

“They torture themselves now.”

John Day Tully, New Britain, Conn.

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