ERIC CARLSON
“This little piggy should have stayed home.”
—Julia Stramer, Hazelton, North Dakota
Thank you to all those who submitted caption entries for our Summer 2023 cartoon, based on Luke 15:15–16: “So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that region, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. He would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, and no one gave him anything.” We are pleased to congratulate Julia Stramer of Hazelton, North Dakota, who wrote the winning caption, and our runners-up:
RUNNERS-UP:
“Should I eat slop, or go back to Pop?”
—Dirk Mroczek, Southport, North Carolina
“This is what I get for going hog wild!”
—Nolan Green, Jacksonville, Texas
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“I’m sure there’s a pearl in here somewhere…”
—John McDonnell, Wausau, Wisconsin
“I dine with swine, while at home they’re drinking wine.”
—Lee Ellison, Moseley, Virginia
ERIC CARLSON
For additional caption entries, as well as past cartoons and captions, please visit biblicalarchaeology.org/captioncontest.
Write a caption for the cartoon (right) based on Acts 9:25: “But [Paul’s] disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.” Submit it via our website at biblicalarchaeology.org/captioncontest.
Please include your name and address. The deadline for entries is February 15, 2024. The author of the winning caption will receive a BAS All-Access membership and three gift subscriptions to give BAR to friends. Runners-up will receive an All-Access membership and two gift subscriptions for friends.
“This little piggy should have stayed home.” —Julia Stramer, Hazelton, North Dakota Thank you to all those who submitted caption entries for our Summer 2023 cartoon, based on Luke 15:15–16: “So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that region, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. He would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, and no one gave him anything.” We are pleased to congratulate Julia Stramer of Hazelton, North Dakota, who wrote the winning caption, and our runners-up: RUNNERS-UP: “Should I eat slop, […]
