Each week, we provide a cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, submit a caption, we choose
three finalists, and you vote for your favorite. Caption submissions for this week’s cartoon, by Mort Gerberg,
must be received by Sunday, October 17th. The finalists in the October 4th contest appear below. We will
announce the winner, and the finalists in this week’s contest, in the November 1st issue. Anyone age thirteen
or older can enter or vote. To do so, and to read the complete rules, visit contest.newyorker.com.“By any chance, are you sitting on a large X?”
Michael Gobin, East Providence, R.I.
“I’d like to report a mutiny.”
Ron Mulligan, Los Angeles, Calif.“Did you get my bottle?”
Ted Henricks, Chicago, Ill.“This isn’t what I meant when I said
to go toward the light.”
Elias Leventhal, Shelburne, Vt.