● August 27, 2026
In the Hut 8 Search Captions tool you can now see how contestants used punctuation. We all know how helpful it is to study winning caption structure.
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● August 9, 2026
If you’re tired of trying to figure out the difference between wordplay and puns, here’s something else we can quibble over: meta and fourth-wall break.
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● June 7, 2026
AI is challenging cartoonists and gag writers—but what about judging captions? Turns out, it might hold its own there too. But, is it better than human caption analysis?
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● May 3, 2026
In HumorOramaLOL, TNYCCC Leaderboard’s default ordering is ‘Larry David–style’: strictly merit-based—no reinterpretations, just total wins, with most recent win as tiebreaker.
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● April 24, 2026
In HumorOramaLOL, we’ve named the group of contestants that have two or more Finalist Appearances “repeaters.” It’s a great thrill to be a Finalist in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. If you repeat as a Finalist you’re certainly going to be over-the-moon.
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● April 9, 2026
For last week's very detailed Creature from the Black Lagoon cartoon by Harry Bliss, I was so tempted to start my caption with a tone-setter: "Relax." It's kind of a popular opening tone-setter so I decided against it. What makes a tone-setter effective versus just filler?
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