Follow-upquestions,thenrejectionSubtweetrejectionMore thanoneparagraphin rejection"Pitchagain!"Thirdrejectionfrom anoutlet>2 weeksilenceon a pitchForm-letterrejection“This istoo broadfor us…”Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metRejectionon aweekendGet yourname wrongin the replyemailSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Thirdrejectionon a pitchThirdrejectionthis weekSame-dayrejection“This haspotential…”Genuinelylovelyinteraction“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”"This istoo nichefor us..."Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)DreampublicationrejectionTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriterRejectionfrom Twitterfollow/followerFollow-upquestions,thenrejectionSubtweetrejectionMore thanoneparagraphin rejection"Pitchagain!"Thirdrejectionfrom anoutlet>2 weeksilenceon a pitchForm-letterrejection“This istoo broadfor us…”Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metRejectionon aweekendGet yourname wrongin the replyemailSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Thirdrejectionon a pitchThirdrejectionthis weekSame-dayrejection“This haspotential…”Genuinelylovelyinteraction“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”"This istoo nichefor us..."Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)DreampublicationrejectionTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriterRejectionfrom Twitterfollow/follower

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