Get yourname wrongin the replyemailDreampublicationrejectionThirdrejectionfrom anoutletRejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwithGenuinelylovelyinteraction"This istoo nichefor us"Rejectionon aweekend"pitchagain!"“This haspotential…”“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”>2 weeksilenceon a pitchThirdrejectionon a pitchSame-dayrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Form-letterrejection“This istoobroad…”Suggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationMore thanoneparagraphin rejectiontopicpublished byan in-housewriterThirdrejectionthis weekSubtweetrejectionFollow-upquestions,thenrejectionRejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyouSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Get yourname wrongin the replyemailDreampublicationrejectionThirdrejectionfrom anoutletRejectionfrom someoneyou’vemet/workedwithGenuinelylovelyinteraction"This istoo nichefor us"Rejectionon aweekend"pitchagain!"“This haspotential…”“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”>2 weeksilenceon a pitchThirdrejectionon a pitchSame-dayrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Form-letterrejection“This istoobroad…”Suggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationMore thanoneparagraphin rejectiontopicpublished byan in-housewriterThirdrejectionthis weekSubtweetrejectionFollow-upquestions,thenrejectionRejectionfrom someoneyou follow onTwitter/followsyouSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)

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