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Cartoon Caption Contest!
Cartoon Caption Contest!
Here's how it works:
HOW TO ENTER
We provide the cartoon. You provide the caption. (Where appropriate, you provide the text for the dialogue or thought balloon(s) as well.) You can submit entries by mail, fax, e-mail, or online (details below). The deadline for receipt of entries is noon on the third Friday of the month. The editors will select the winner.
THE RULES
Of course there are rules.
(1) Keep it clean. No profanity or obscenity.
(2) No alterations. You may not change, crop, delete, erase, shade, or otherwise amend the illustration in any way. You may suggest only captions, dialogue, or unspoken thoughts (where appropriate).
(3) All decisions by the editors are final.
(4) When submitting your entry, be sure to type or print "Cartoon Caption Contest" predominantly on your letter or fax, or in the subject line of your e-mail.
(5) Be sure to provide your contact information (address, phone number, e-mail address). These will not be published; we just want to be able to reach you.
(6) No purchase necessary.
(7) The Times-Dispatch reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of the contest, and to suspend or cancel it, without notice. Entering the contest signifies consent to have your entry reproduced and published by The Times-Dispatch in print or digital form, or both.
(8) Media General employees and their immediate family are not eligible to win.
PRIZES
The winner (if there is one; the editors reserve the right not to select a winning entry) will be sent a signed copy of the original drawing with his entry inked in by staff cartoonist Gary Brookins. Winning entries will be announced on this page.
Good luck!
Submit by Mail:
Cartoon Caption Contest
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Box 85333
Richmond, Virginia 23293
Submit by Fax (include signature): (804) 819-1216.
Submit by E-mail: Send to letters@timesdispatch.com. If your entry is an attachment to e-mail, please save in text (.txt) format.
Submit Online: Just fill out the form below.
MARCH 2009 WINNER: WARREN DENZLER, MECHANICSVILLE, VIRGINIA
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FEBRUARY 2009 RUNNERS UP:
"You go see what he wants, you voted for him." Roger LaCourse, Glen Allen, VA
"He says he's McGruff, the Crime Dog, but I believe he wants to just 'take a bite out of swine.'" Clinton Ford, Richmond, VA
FEBRUARY 2009 WINNER: LUREE THOMAS, WAVERLY, VIRGINIA
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FEBRUARY 2009 RUNNERS UP:
"Well, don't just stand there. Bail him out!" Richard Bernard Powhatan, VA
"Once it's finished defrosting, you brown it on both sides and then bake for four days at 350." Scott Hill, Richmond, VA
