“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Thirdrejectionon a pitchtopicpublished byan in-housewriterForm-letterrejectionRejectionon aweekendGet yourname wrongin the replyemailSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Rejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyouDreampublicationrejectionSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationSame-dayrejection"pitchagain!""This istoo nichefor us"More thanoneparagraphin rejectionRejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwithFollow-upquestions,thenrejection>2 weeksilenceon a pitchSubtweetrejectionThirdrejectionthis weekGenuinelylovelyinteraction“This istoobroad…”Thirdrejectionfrom anoutlet“This haspotential…”“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Thirdrejectionon a pitchtopicpublished byan in-housewriterForm-letterrejectionRejectionon aweekendGet yourname wrongin the replyemailSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Rejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyouDreampublicationrejectionSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationSame-dayrejection"pitchagain!""This istoo nichefor us"More thanoneparagraphin rejectionRejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwithFollow-upquestions,thenrejection>2 weeksilenceon a pitchSubtweetrejectionThirdrejectionthis weekGenuinelylovelyinteraction“This istoobroad…”Thirdrejectionfrom anoutlet“This haspotential…”

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