Dreampublicationrejection“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Topic laterpublished byan in-housewriterThirdrejectionfrom anoutlet"This istoo nichefor us..."More thanoneparagraphin rejection"Pitchagain!"Suggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationThirdrejectionthis week“This istoo broadfor us…”Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Get yourname wrongin the replyemailFollow-upquestions,thenrejection>2 weeksilenceon a pitchForm-letterrejectionGenuinelylovelyinteractionSubtweetrejectionRejectionon aweekendRejectionfrom Twitterfollow/followerSame-dayrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”“This haspotential…”Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metThirdrejectionon a pitchDreampublicationrejection“I’dencourageyou to tryelsewhere…”Topic laterpublished byan in-housewriterThirdrejectionfrom anoutlet"This istoo nichefor us..."More thanoneparagraphin rejection"Pitchagain!"Suggestionthat youneed to readtheirpublicationThirdrejectionthis week“This istoo broadfor us…”Specrejection(ask for adraft, thenpass)Get yourname wrongin the replyemailFollow-upquestions,thenrejection>2 weeksilenceon a pitchForm-letterrejectionGenuinelylovelyinteractionSubtweetrejectionRejectionon aweekendRejectionfrom Twitterfollow/followerSame-dayrejection“We’vealreadyassignedsomethinglike this…”“This haspotential…”Rejectionfromsomeoneyou’ve metThirdrejectionon a pitch

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