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 Mike Twohy, will appear online June 26th and in the July 3, 2023, issue of The New Yorker. Anyone age thirteen or older can enter or vote. To read the complete rules, click here.

Contest #854

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The Finalists

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Contest #852

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The Winner

Contest #850

"Do you take last requests?"

Kurt Rossetti, San Rafael, Calif.

second place

"It's time you retire, Keith."

Beth Lawler, Montclair, N.J.

third place

"Don't make me get my banjo."

Kathy Wrobel-Cornell, East Hartland, Conn.

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