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.

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