short story ice breaker bingo, spring 2024 - 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.

1. the genre(s) I read most & the genre(s) I write don't match
2. Boo! I love spooky stories
3. at least one librarian/bookseller knows me by name
4. unlikeable narrator fan club member
5. I read story collections cover to cover in order
6. I read the New Yorker story every week
7. my favorite author is alive
8. paperbacks> hardcovers
9. I have a hot take re: the movie was better than the book
10. take me to your leader! supernatural stories are my jam
11. I listen to music while I write.
12. I've published a short story
13. I get my best ideas in motion
14. I read 52 books or more last year
15. I've written an author a fan letter
16. my favorite author died over 100 years ago
17. i've received an encouraging rejection
18. HEA, please! romance is underrated
19. social media blockers make it happen
20. I skip around when reading story collections
21. ask me about my fan fiction
22. who needs plot? just bring me beautiful sentences
23. I write drafts freehand
24. I've submitted at least one short story