>2 weeksilenceon a pitchDreampublicationrejectionFollow-upquestions,thenrejectionSubtweetrejection"Pitchagain!"“This istoo broadfor us…”“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metRejectionon aweekendMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionForm-letterrejection“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Thirdrejectionthis week“This haspotential…”GenuinelylovelyinteractionSame-dayrejectionGet yourname wrongin the replyemail"This istoo nichefor us..."Thirdrejectionon a pitchRejectionfrom Twitterfollow/followerThirdrejectionfrom anoutletTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriterSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication>2 weeksilenceon a pitchDreampublicationrejectionFollow-upquestions,thenrejectionSubtweetrejection"Pitchagain!"“This istoo broadfor us…”“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metRejectionon aweekendMore thanoneparagraphin rejectionForm-letterrejection“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Thirdrejectionthis week“This haspotential…”GenuinelylovelyinteractionSame-dayrejectionGet yourname wrongin the replyemail"This istoo nichefor us..."Thirdrejectionon a pitchRejectionfrom Twitterfollow/followerThirdrejectionfrom anoutletTopic laterpublished byan in-housewriterSuggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublication

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