“This haspotential…”Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)"This istoo nichefor us"Form-letterrejectiontopicpublished byan in-housewriter"pitchagain!"“This istoobroad…”“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Follow-upquestions,thenrejectionThirdrejectionon a pitchMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionDreampublicationrejectionSubtweetrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”>2 weeksilenceon a pitchSame-dayrejectionRejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwithRejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyouThirdrejectionfrom anoutletThirdrejectionthis weekGet yourname wrongin the replyemailSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationRejectionon aweekendGenuinelylovelyinteraction“This haspotential…”Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)"This istoo nichefor us"Form-letterrejectiontopicpublished byan in-housewriter"pitchagain!"“This istoobroad…”“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Follow-upquestions,thenrejectionThirdrejectionon a pitchMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionDreampublicationrejectionSubtweetrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”>2 weeksilenceon a pitchSame-dayrejectionRejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwithRejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyouThirdrejectionfrom anoutletThirdrejectionthis weekGet yourname wrongin the replyemailSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationRejectionon aweekendGenuinelylovelyinteraction

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