Rejectionfrom Twitterfollow/follower“This haspotential…”Form-letterrejectionFollow-upquestions,thenrejectionGenuinelylovelyinteractionDreampublicationrejection"This istoo nichefor us..."Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve met>2 weeksilenceon a pitchThirdrejectionthis weekThirdrejectionon a pitchSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationRejectionon aweekendThirdrejectionfrom anoutlet“This istoo broadfor us…”SubtweetrejectionTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriter“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Get yourname wrongin the replyemailMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Same-dayrejection“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”"Pitchagain!"Rejectionfrom Twitterfollow/follower“This haspotential…”Form-letterrejectionFollow-upquestions,thenrejectionGenuinelylovelyinteractionDreampublicationrejection"This istoo nichefor us..."Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve met>2 weeksilenceon a pitchThirdrejectionthis weekThirdrejectionon a pitchSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationRejectionon aweekendThirdrejectionfrom anoutlet“This istoo broadfor us…”SubtweetrejectionTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriter“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Get yourname wrongin the replyemailMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionSpecrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Same-dayrejection“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”"Pitchagain!"

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