>2 weeksilenceon a pitchForm-letterrejectionMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionSubtweetrejectionGenuinelylovelyinteraction"This istoo nichefor us..."Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Thirdrejectionthis week“This haspotential…”Get yourname wrongin the replyemailSame-dayrejectionThirdrejectionon a pitch“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”"Pitchagain!"Follow-upquestions,thenrejectionThirdrejectionfrom anoutletRejectionfrom Twitterfollow/followerTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriterSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationRejectionon aweekend“This istoo broadfor us…”Dreampublicationrejection>2 weeksilenceon a pitchForm-letterrejectionMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionSubtweetrejectionGenuinelylovelyinteraction"This istoo nichefor us..."Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Thirdrejectionthis week“This haspotential…”Get yourname wrongin the replyemailSame-dayrejectionThirdrejectionon a pitch“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”"Pitchagain!"Follow-upquestions,thenrejectionThirdrejectionfrom anoutletRejectionfrom Twitterfollow/followerTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriterSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationRejectionon aweekend“This istoo broadfor us…”Dreampublicationrejection

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