Cartoon Captions

Winter 2025 Caption Contest Winners

Published in the Summer 2026 Issue.

And the winner is…

“I know what you’re thinking, but trust me—sackcloth will be HUGE this season!”
Scott Sanjay Hayes, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Thank you to all those who submitted caption entries for our Winter 2025 cartoon, based on Jonah 3:6: “When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.” We are pleased to congratulate Scott Sanjay Hayes of Saint Paul, Minnesota, who wrote the winning caption, and our runners-up:

Runners Up

“This better not be another of Jonah’s big fish stories.”
Doug Hoglund, Morrisville, Pennsylvania

“Oy, that Jonah…what a pain in the ash!”
Tracey Cohen, Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Honorable Mentions

“This is not what I thought the king had in mind when he said we were getting sacked.”
Charles I. Arrants, Kershaw, South Carolina

“OK, this is not comfortable! Maybe we try putting this stuff into a beanbag?”
Jefferson Larkin Brown, Richmond, Virginia

“How many more days of humility are left? This pile of ashes has zero lumbar support.”
Agustín Collazo, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

“I really miss my Lazyboy!”
David Moseley, Owens Cross Roads, Alabama

“A vast improvement over last month’s ‘Invisible Robes’ debacle, Your Majesty.”
David Feather, Overland Park, Kansas

“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if we want to keep living repent we must.”
David Koenig, Dubuque, Iowa

“I really think this sackcloth makes me look fat.”
Roland Kemp, Houston, Texas

“What a faux pas! Looks like two of us are going to have to change!”
James Reho, Valrico, Florida

“Oh what a beautiful mourning!”
Karla Frazier, Marietta, Georgia

“I don’t know which is more malodorous, these ashes or that fishy-smelling prophet.”
Janet Fischer, Katy, Texas

“This sure beats what Jonah went through!”
Brian Conaway, Burke, Virginia

“Jonah in a Fishy,
To get out was his Wishy!
Ashes! Ashes!
We all fall down.”
Bob Farr, Albany, Georgia