This week’s contest

Each week, we provide a cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, submit your caption below, we choose three finalists, and you vote for your favorite. Finalists for this week’s cartoon, by Jeremy Nguyen, will appear online August 17th and in the August 24, 2020, issue of The New Yorker. Anyone age thirteen or older can enter or vote. To read the complete rules, click here.

Contest #719

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The Finalists

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Contest #717

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The Winner

Contest #715

“And then I find out all the king’s horses and all the king’s men are out-of-network.”

Gary Skidmore, White Plains, N.Y.

second place

“It’s never over easy.”

Elsa Chiao, Brooklyn, N.Y.

third place

“No, actually I fell off the wagon.”

Sarah Landeryou, Mountain Village, Colo.

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