“This haspotential…”Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Rejectionfrom Twitterfollow/follower“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Follow-upquestions,thenrejectionRejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metThirdrejectionthis weekSame-dayrejectionDreampublicationrejectionGenuinelylovelyinteractionThirdrejectionfrom anoutletMore thanoneparagraphin rejection“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”"Pitchagain!">2 weeksilenceon a pitchRejectionon aweekendThirdrejectionon a pitchTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriter"This istoo nichefor us..."SubtweetrejectionForm-letterrejectionSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication“This istoo broadfor us…”Get yourname wrongin the replyemail“This haspotential…”Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Rejectionfrom Twitterfollow/follower“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Follow-upquestions,thenrejectionRejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metThirdrejectionthis weekSame-dayrejectionDreampublicationrejectionGenuinelylovelyinteractionThirdrejectionfrom anoutletMore thanoneparagraphin rejection“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”"Pitchagain!">2 weeksilenceon a pitchRejectionon aweekendThirdrejectionon a pitchTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriter"This istoo nichefor us..."SubtweetrejectionForm-letterrejectionSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication“This istoo broadfor us…”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. “This has potential…”
  2. Spec rejection (ask for a draft, then pass)
  3. Rejection from Twitter follow/follower
  4. “We’ve already assigned something like this…”
  5. Follow-up questions, then rejection
  6. Rejection from someone you’ve met
  7. Third rejection this week
  8. Same-day rejection
  9. Dream publication rejection
  10. Genuinely lovely interaction
  11. Third rejection from an outlet
  12. More than one paragraph in rejection
  13. “I’d encourage you to try elsewhere…”
  14. "Pitch again!"
  15. >2 week silence on a pitch
  16. Rejection on a weekend
  17. Third rejection on a pitch
  18. Topic later published by an in-house writer
  19. "This is too niche for us..."
  20. Subtweet rejection
  21. Form-letter rejection
  22. Suggestion that you need to read their publication
  23. “This is too broad for us…”
  24. Get your name wrong in the reply email