Genuinelylovelyinteraction"pitchagain!"Rejectionon aweekendRejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwithThirdrejectionthis weekThirdrejectionfrom anoutletSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)DreampublicationrejectionThirdrejectionon a pitch“This haspotential…”Rejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyouSubtweetrejection"This istoo nichefor us"Suggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationForm-letterrejectionMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionSame-dayrejectionFollow-upquestions,thenrejectiontopicpublished byan in-housewriter“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”>2 weeksilenceon a pitch“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”“This istoobroad…”Get yourname wrongin the replyemailGenuinelylovelyinteraction"pitchagain!"Rejectionon aweekendRejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwithThirdrejectionthis weekThirdrejectionfrom anoutletSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)DreampublicationrejectionThirdrejectionon a pitch“This haspotential…”Rejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyouSubtweetrejection"This istoo nichefor us"Suggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationForm-letterrejectionMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionSame-dayrejectionFollow-upquestions,thenrejectiontopicpublished byan in-housewriter“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”>2 weeksilenceon a pitch“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”“This istoobroad…”Get 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. Genuinely lovely interaction
  2. "pitch again!"
  3. Rejection on a weekend
  4. Rejection from someone you’ve met/worked with
  5. Third rejection this week
  6. Third rejection from an outlet
  7. Spec rejection (ask for a draft, then pass)
  8. Dream publication rejection
  9. Third rejection on a pitch
  10. “This has potential…”
  11. Rejection from someone you follow on Twitter/follows you
  12. Subtweet rejection
  13. "This is too niche for us"
  14. Suggestion that you need to read their publication
  15. Form-letter rejection
  16. More than one paragraph in rejection
  17. Same-day rejection
  18. Follow-up questions, then rejection
  19. topic published by an in-house writer
  20. “I’d encourage you to try elsewhere…”
  21. >2 week silence on a pitch
  22. “We’ve already assigned something like this…”
  23. “This is too broad…”
  24. Get your name wrong in the reply email