Publisher's Synopsis
Every week, tens of thousands of people enter The New Yorker cartoon caption contest in hopes of seeing their name and winning caption in print. But only one person has taken the prize an astounding fifteen times and counting: Lawrence Wood, also known as the Ken Jennings of caption writing. What's Wood's secret? What makes a caption good or bad? How do you beat the crowd? And most importantly, what makes a caption funny? Packed with over 150 of the magazine's best cartoons and captions and featuring a foreword by the contest's creator Bob Mankoff, 'Your Caption Has Been Selected' takes you behind the scenes of the contest, its history, the way judging works, and more.
