Style Invitational Week 1468: The Year in Redo, Part 2 — Enter any (or all!) of our past 25 contests
Plus the winners of the latest Bob Staake cartoon caption contest
Cartoons by Bob Staake for The Washington Post
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As we wrap up this second straight Year Like No Other, the Empress presents the second of our two annual do-over contests: For Week 1468, it’s the 25 most recent ones (except for those whose results haven’t run yet). This second half of 2021 includes everything from haiku to song parodies to insulting questions all the way to the cartoon captions that appear today. You’ll get links to all the contests — plus a collection of all 24 first-place entries prior to this week’s, in this week’s Style Conversational column. Deadline Jan. 3. (And the first-half retrospective contest is still running: Deadline Dec. 27.
And we have the winning captions for the four Bob Staake cartoons above, chosen from more than 1,100 entries. A runner-up, for Picture B: “Tough night, Mr. Gumby?” As always, there’s a variety of wacky interpretations of Bob’s cryptic scenarios.
LINKS TO …
This week's Invitational column, Week 1468, and results of Week 1464
No-paywall entry form for Week 1468
This week’s Style Conversational column
Still running -- deadline Monday night, Dec. 27: It’s the first half of the retrospective, with contests to enter that include foal names, limericks, “joint legislation” and even cicada art (this time you can use any convienient bug). See Week 1467 here; see the no-paywall entry form here.
More ways to enjoy The Style Invitational and be part of the Loser Community:
Join the Style Invitational Devotees group on Facebook and the Devs will anagram your name every which way.
Also on Facebook, the Style Invitational Ink of the Day page presents one classic entry as a colorful graphic that's easy to share. "Like" the page to get it regularly on your news feed, or to scroll through the archives. bit.ly/inkofday.
And we're now on Season 2 of the You're Invited podcast, half-hour episodes with host Mike Gips and various Invite luminaries. Catch all 18 episodes at bit.ly/invite-podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.
— Pat Myers, Empress of The Style Invitational, pat.myers@washpost.com (or just reply to this email)
*That's Loser with a capital L; named for the runner-up prizes emblazoned "LOSER," the community of regular Style Invitational entrants now proudly calls itself the Losers. If you enter the Invite, you're a Genuine Loser. But not (necessarily) a loser.