SubtweetrejectionTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriterForm-letterrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”DreampublicationrejectionRejectionfrom Twitterfollow/followerSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Get yourname wrongin the replyemailSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication“This haspotential…”GenuinelylovelyinteractionFollow-upquestions,thenrejectionThirdrejectionon a pitchThirdrejectionthis week>2 weeksilenceon a pitchSame-dayrejection"This istoo nichefor us..."Rejectionon aweekend“This istoo broadfor us…”Thirdrejectionfrom anoutlet"Pitchagain!"Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionSubtweetrejectionTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriterForm-letterrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”DreampublicationrejectionRejectionfrom Twitterfollow/followerSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Get yourname wrongin the replyemailSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication“This haspotential…”GenuinelylovelyinteractionFollow-upquestions,thenrejectionThirdrejectionon a pitchThirdrejectionthis week>2 weeksilenceon a pitchSame-dayrejection"This istoo nichefor us..."Rejectionon aweekend“This istoo broadfor us…”Thirdrejectionfrom anoutlet"Pitchagain!"Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metMore thanoneparagraphin rejection

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