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Dual Contest Winner

This is a list of contestants who have taken first place in both The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest and CartoonStock Caption Contest—arguably the two most prestigious caption contests running today.

The New Yorker contest is the gold standard, a cultural institution where the competition is relentless and a winning caption earns your name in print; in two issues.

CartoonStock raises the stakes further with cash prizes and a transparent selection process—winners and runners-up chosen by a judging panel of cartoon professionals, chaired by former New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff.

The names on this list have cleared both bars. It's not a coincidence that some of the names appear in both. And, sometimes, multiple times.

Contestant TNYCCC Wins CartoonStock Wins CS Win Earnings
Alan Leo 1 1
Andrew Welhouse 1 3 $1,000
Beth Lawler 1 2
Bob Shiffrar 2 1
Brandon Lawniczak 2 2 $1,000
Carol Lasky 1 3 $ 500
Chris Sunami 1 1
Colin Mills 2 1
Dave Matta 1 1
David Davidson 1 1
Don Symons 1 2
Gary Borislow 2 2
Jessica Misener 3 1 $ 500
Joe Ayella 2 3 $ 500
Joey Narain 2 1
Kathy Wrobel 1 7 $1,000
Kurt Rossetti 2 2
Mark Schaefer 1 2 $1,000
Michael Holmes 2 2 $ 500
Michael Lomazow 1 1
Mike Douglas 1 1 $ 500
Nick Gaudio 1 1
Nicole Chrolavicius 4 2
Pat Foley 1 2
Paul Nesja 2 5 $ 500
Richard G. Marcil 1 2
Sam Skoronski 1 2
Steve Everhart 1 3
Thomas Vida 1 1 $ 500
Victor Chongchua 1 1 $ 500
Vincent Coca 1 5 $1,000
Data as of 17 Jun 2026  ·  31 dual winners found

Behind the Menu: The Leaderboard Quantization Methodology

The Leaderboards index serves as a statistical archive designed to map the rare intersections of crossover success between disparate cartoon captioning syndicates. While comedic evaluation is widely considered a qualitative and highly subjective discipline, this portal applies a rigorous data-driven framework to isolate consistency, longevity, and elite placement trends within the cartooning community. By converting scattered historical contest placements into structured, filterable leaderboards, the system establishes an empirical baseline for analyzing what types of comedic authorship reliably resonate with voting audiences and editorial panels over time.

The data layers are processed through relational database structures that capture multiple distinct vectors of contest success. Rather than tracking isolated wins, the scoring matrix emphasizes cumulative performance to highlight individuals who have mastered the structural mechanics of sequential humor.

Scoring Parameters & Data Normalization

To maintain analytical integrity across shifting historical datasets, the ranking tracking framework distinguishes between different tiers of placement achievement.
  • Placement Stratification: The records differentiate between primary historical benchmarks—specifically isolating first-place victories, runner-up finishes, and third-place finalist milestones. By cataloging these distinctions systematically, the system allows researchers to look past random anomalies and map true statistical consistency.
  • Dynamic Table Operations: The front-end interface utilizes an optimized script framework to handle heavy data filtration smoothly on the client side. Users can dynamically sort rows by frequency, search for specific creator profiles, and isolate records via pagination controls without triggering intensive server queries, ensuring rapid data manipulation.

The Philosophy of Quantifying Comedy

Why apply statistical analytics to a creative pursuit? In the realm of single-panel cartooning, a winning caption requires an exact intersection of brevity, syntax, and spatial awareness. By measuring who consistently achieves these milestones, these leaderboards reveal the underlying craftsmanship behind the humor. It proves that sustained success in caption writing isn't merely a byproduct of luck, but a repeatable skill set governed by structural patterns that can be tracked, measured, and archived for the entire community to study.

Plus, because humor is so subjective, it's nice to deal with 1 + 1 = 2.

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