THEME: CAP

PUB DATE	WEEK	TITLE	SYNOPSIS	THEMES	LINKS TO THIS CONTEST	WINNER	LINKS TO RESULTS OF THIS CONTEST (usually published 2-4 Weeks later)
April 11, 1993	6	PUTTING WORDS IN THEIR MOUTHS	In 40 words or less, write a caption for either of these two generic cartoons drawn by famed Style Invitational artist Marc Rosenthal.	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image
August 22, 1993	25	CAPTION CRUNCH	Write a caption for any of these photos.	CAP	Text file | Contest image
February 20, 1994	51	CAPTION CRUNCH, VOL. II	Supply captions for any of these pictures.	CAP	Text file | Contest image
July 3, 1994	71	CAPTION CRUNCH III	Come up with a new, funnier caption for any picture or illustration anywhere in today's newspaper.	CAP WAS	Text file | Contest image
June 18, 1995	118	WEAK 118	Take any photo caption or headline appearing anywhere in today's Post and alter its meaning by adding, deleting, or changing one letter.	CAP HEA WAS	Text file | Contest image
January 12, 1997	200	CAPTION CRUNCH IV	Supply a new caption to any photograph appearing anywhere in today's Post, to make it funnier.	CAP	Text file | Contest image
October 12, 1997	239	NAME THAT TOON	Send us the captions for cartoons not provided.	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image
February 25, 2001	390 (LVII)	Canine Fashion	Write: 1. A caption for the provided image explaining what is happening; 2. An explanation of why the image is not photography but art; 3. A description of what additional items might be needed to make the image complete. Sex and potty jokes will be disqualified.	CAP ART	Text file | Contest image
November 4, 2001	426 (XCIII)	Captions Courageous	Take any photograph or illustration from today's Washington Post and give it a more interesting caption.	CAP	Text file | Contest image
May 21, 2006	663	Worth at Least a Dozen Words	Interpret any of the provided cartoons as you see fit in a caption.	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image
July 8, 2007	721	Know Your Market	For any of the provided photos, supply two captions: one that would appeal to The Style Invitational and one that would appeal to the Harrisburg Patriot-News.	CAP STY	Text file
August 5, 2007	725	Beggars For Description	Describe, without being boring, a cartoon to fit any of the provided captions.	CAR CAP	Text file
December 8, 2007	743	Picture This	Write a caption for any of these Bob Staake cartoons.	CAR CAP	Text file
January 26, 2008	750	Hit Us With Your Best Shot: Photo Contest No. 4	Illustrate, any way you like, any of the provided five captions with your own original photo.	PIX CAP	Text file | Post e-version
October 11, 2008	786	Top of the Staake	So get your thoughts provoked for No. Umpteen of our cartoon caption contest.	CAR CAP	Text file | Contest image
March 21, 2009	809	Unkindest Cutlines	Supply cutlines, or captions, for any of these newspaper photos.	CAP	Text file
October 10, 2009	838	Picture This	Provide a caption for any of these pictures.	CAP	Text file
November 20, 2010	895	Picture this	Supply a caption for any of these cartoons.	CAP CAR	Text file
April 17, 2011	915	Picture this	Write a caption for any of the cartoons pictured here.	CAP CAR	Text file
September 18, 2011	937	Staake it to him	Write a caption for any of the five pages or details pictured from some of Bob's more than 50 picture books.	CAP ART LIT	Text file
February 24, 2013	1010	Picture this	Write a caption for any of the five provided cartoons.	CAP CAR	Text file | Post e-version
February 16, 2014	1060	Picture this	Write a caption, or captions, for one or more of the provided cartoons.	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
November 2, 2014	1096	Picture this	Write a humorous caption for any of the provided Bob Staake cartoons. (Conversational text)	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
May 31, 2015	1126	Picture this	Provide a humorous caption for any of the cartoons provided. (Conversational text)	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
October 16, 2016	1197	Picture This -- It's a Bob Staake caption contest	Write a caption for any of the cartoons provided. (Conversational text)	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
June 18, 2017	1232	Picture this -- a caption contest	Write a caption for one or more of the provided cartoons. (Conversational text)	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
December 3, 2017	1256	Picture this -- a caption contest	Provide a funny caption for any of the provided cartoons. (Conversational text)	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
June 3, 2018	1282	Picture This	Write a caption for one or more of the provided pictures. (Conversational text)	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
December 2, 2018	1308	Picture this -- or these	This week you have two choices: (1) Write a caption for one or more of these pictures, or (2) explain what is wrong with the picture. You might also combine two pictures into one -- or all four into one.	CAP	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
June 30, 2019	1338	Picture This -- cartoon captions	Supply a caption for one or more of the provided cartoons.	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
January 26, 2020	1368	Picture This -- cartoon captions	Supply a caption for one or more of the provided cartoons. (Conversational text)	CAP	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
July 12, 2020	1392	Picture this -- caption these cartoons	Write a caption, either descriptive or in dialogue, for any of the provided Bob Staake cartoons. (Conversational text)	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 16, 2020	1397	Trope springs eternal	Use any of the four provided standard settings -- (a) desert island, (b) bartender at a bar, (c) desert, (d) psychiatrist next to a couch -- and describe a cartoon that includes your choice of characters, along with a caption. (Conversational text)	CAR CAP	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
November 28, 2021	1464	Picture this -- a caption contest	Write a caption, either descriptive or in dialogue, for any of the provided cartoons.	CAP CAR	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
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