Rejectionfrom Twitterfollow/followerSame-dayrejectionRejectionon aweekendThirdrejectionon a pitchSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)DreampublicationrejectionThirdrejectionfrom anoutletGet yourname wrongin the replyemail"This istoo nichefor us..."“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Follow-upquestions,thenrejectionMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionRejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve met>2 weeksilenceon a pitchForm-letterrejectionGenuinelylovelyinteractionSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Thirdrejectionthis week“This haspotential…”“This istoo broadfor us…”Subtweetrejection"Pitchagain!"Topic laterpublished byan in-housewriterRejectionfrom Twitterfollow/followerSame-dayrejectionRejectionon aweekendThirdrejectionon a pitchSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)DreampublicationrejectionThirdrejectionfrom anoutletGet yourname wrongin the replyemail"This istoo nichefor us..."“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Follow-upquestions,thenrejectionMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionRejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve met>2 weeksilenceon a pitchForm-letterrejectionGenuinelylovelyinteractionSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Thirdrejectionthis week“This haspotential…”“This istoo broadfor us…”Subtweetrejection"Pitchagain!"Topic laterpublished byan in-housewriter

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