Friday, November 10, 2023 at 3:20AM November 10, 2023 — Literary Death Match returned to gorgeous Ogden and the Utah Humanities Book Festival for a raucous, inspiring night at Nurture the Creative Mind that saw Libby Leonard topple co-finalist Patrick Ramsay in a Literary Spelling Bee III finale that won Leonard literary immortality and the LDM Ogden, Ep. 3 crown.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 2:03PM October 16, 2018 — In our annual drop-in to wondrous Salt Lake City, Literary Death Match once again teamed with the brilliant Utah Humanities Book Festival for a night of words, wit and weird that saw Ryan Jones defeat Brian Laidlaw in a down-to-the-wire Arithme-Lit finale, winning Jones the Salt Lake City, Ep. 6 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 8:19AM March 10, 2018 — Literary Death Match's AWP Spectacular at the Vaughn Center — co-hosted by University of Tampa MFA, and co-presented by Burrow Press and Painted Bride Quarterly — was a revelation that saw Kazim Ali strive to victory in a nip-and-tuck Literary Spelling Bee III finale to win Ali the LDM Tampe, Ep. 1 crown and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 10:14AM September 16, 2017 — In one of our favorite annual traditions, Literary Death Match returned to the Utah Humanities Book Festival for a brilliant night of literary and comedic zing that finished with Abraham Smith outdueling Franny Choi in a American Psycho or American President? finale to win his record 5th LDM medal, and literary immortality to go with it.
Sunday, October 12, 2014 at 1:27AM October 11, 2014 — In what was one of the greatest nights of our 2014, we teamed with the Southern Festival of Books and Third Man Records for a wild night of literary wizardry, knee-slapping judgment that finished with Abraham Smith winning out in sudden death over Adrian Matejka in a music-skewed battle of Literary Pictionary to win Smith the LDM Nashville, Ep. 1 crown.
Friday, February 28, 2014 at 3:54PM February 28, 2014 — In a fateful return to the Emerald City, Literary Death Match teamed with Painted Bride Quarterly at AWP for a spectacular at Lucid Seattle. The night ended when Abraham Smith outlasted Kiki Petrosino in a Lone Star Lit finale in sudden death overtime to snare Smith the LDM Seattle, Ep. 3 title.
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 2:58PM Just about everyone who attended Literary Death Match NYC, Ep. 16 stood together afterward in the little restaurant-room at the front of the Bowery Poetry Club and agreed: Episode 16 was a
readymade classic. As per usual, three notable New Yorkers sat in judgment of four brilliant readers, who competed for the coveted LDM champion's medal. But at the end of Ep. 16