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.
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The Finalists
Vote for your favorite caption.
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The Winner
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“And then I find out all the king’s horses and all the king’s men are out-of-network.”
second place
“It’s never over easy.”
third place
“No, actually I fell off the wagon.”
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