Rejectionon aweekend“This istoobroad…”Rejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwithGenuinelylovelyinteraction“This haspotential…”Thirdrejectionthis weektopicpublished byan in-housewriterFollow-upquestions,thenrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”SubtweetrejectionThirdrejectionfrom anoutlet>2 weeksilenceon a pitchSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication"This istoo nichefor us"Same-dayrejection"pitchagain!"“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Rejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyouMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionDreampublicationrejectionForm-letterrejectionSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Thirdrejectionon a pitchGet yourname wrongin the replyemailRejectionon aweekend“This istoobroad…”Rejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwithGenuinelylovelyinteraction“This haspotential…”Thirdrejectionthis weektopicpublished byan in-housewriterFollow-upquestions,thenrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”SubtweetrejectionThirdrejectionfrom anoutlet>2 weeksilenceon a pitchSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication"This istoo nichefor us"Same-dayrejection"pitchagain!"“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Rejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyouMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionDreampublicationrejectionForm-letterrejectionSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Thirdrejectionon a pitchGet yourname wrongin the replyemail

Rejection Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Rejection on a weekend
  2. “This is too broad…”
  3. Rejection from someone you’ve met/worked with
  4. Genuinely lovely interaction
  5. “This has potential…”
  6. Third rejection this week
  7. topic published by an in-house writer
  8. Follow-up questions, then rejection
  9. “We’ve already assigned something like this…”
  10. Subtweet rejection
  11. Third rejection from an outlet
  12. >2 week silence on a pitch
  13. Suggestion that you need to read their publication
  14. "This is too niche for us"
  15. Same-day rejection
  16. "pitch again!"
  17. “I’d encourage you to try elsewhere…”
  18. Rejection from someone you follow on Twitter/follows you
  19. More than one paragraph in rejection
  20. Dream publication rejection
  21. Form-letter rejection
  22. Spec rejection (ask for a draft, then pass)
  23. Third rejection on a pitch
  24. Get your name wrong in the reply email