Rejectionon aweekend"pitchagain!"Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Rejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwith“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Same-dayrejectionThirdrejectionfrom anoutletMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionGenuinelylovelyinteractionDreampublicationrejectionRejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyoutopicpublished byan in-housewriterSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationThirdrejectionthis week>2 weeksilenceon a pitchForm-letterrejection“This haspotential…”“This istoobroad…”Follow-upquestions,thenrejection"This istoo nichefor us"Get yourname wrongin the replyemailThirdrejectionon a pitchSubtweetrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Rejectionon aweekend"pitchagain!"Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Rejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwith“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Same-dayrejectionThirdrejectionfrom anoutletMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionGenuinelylovelyinteractionDreampublicationrejectionRejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyoutopicpublished byan in-housewriterSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationThirdrejectionthis week>2 weeksilenceon a pitchForm-letterrejection“This haspotential…”“This istoobroad…”Follow-upquestions,thenrejection"This istoo nichefor us"Get yourname wrongin the replyemailThirdrejectionon a pitchSubtweetrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”

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