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 Mick Stevens, will appear online September 21st and in the September 28, 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
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The Winner
“Do you struggle endlessly through here often?”
second place
“You think that’s punishment? Try an eternity of listening to pickup lines.”
third place
“Sorry, I said hold the rocks.”
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