Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 8:41AM May 15, 2014 — On a perfectly-weathered Thursday, Literary Death Match headed east to the gorgeous environs of The Proud Archivist for a pitch-perfect night presented by Social Book Week that ended when Heather O'Neill narrowly toppled Lloyd Shepherd in a Literary Pictionary finale in sudden death to win O'Neill the LDM London, Ep. 40 crown.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 9:42PM May 14, 2014 — To celebrate all that is amazing about UNESCO's Cities of Lit, Literary Death Match returned to Norwich for the Norwich & Norfolk Festival, for a night wealthy with whimsy. In the end it was Isley Lynn who beat out D.W. Wilson in a One Star Wonder finale by a score of 47 to 31, winning Lynn the LDM Norwich, Ep. 2 crown.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 10:36AM May 13, 2014 — On a cool night in central London, Literary Death Match heated up Soho House by teaming with Unbound (the crowdfunded publishers) to bring a cavalcade of brilliance that finished with Salena Godden outdueling co-finalist Zoe Pilger in a One Star Wonder finale by a final score of 39.5 to 24 to win Godden the LDM London, Ep. 39 crown.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at 10:43PM April 30, 2014 — In a wild show of international awesome, Literary Death Match turned the cruelest month on its head, at The Breslin Bar and Dining Room at the Ace Hotel. Teamed with Pen World Voices Festival, the night finished with Saeed Jones narrowly beating Alona Kimhi in our Literary Spelling Bee II finale by one point to win Jones the LDM NYC, Ep. 45 crown.
Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 2:21AM April 26, 2014 — In one of the most thrilling debuts we could imagine, Literary Death Match headed to the Mark Twain House in Hartford, where Julia Pistell outdueled Jon Sands in LDM's Literary Spelling Bee II by the narrowest of margins to win Pistell the LDM Hartford, Ep. 1 crown.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 10:31PM April 23, 2014 — To start the Oklahoma spring off right, LDM once again teamed with Booksmart Tulsa for an epic return to the Sooner State — and more specifically to All Souls Unitarian Church — with a show that saw Matt Cauthron outduel co-finalist Lara Marie Schoenhals in a hotly-contested battle of One Star Wonder, winning Cauthron the LDM Tulsa, Ep. 4 crown in overtime.
Saturday, April 19, 2014 at 3:21PM April 19, 2014 — Elton John was right: Saturday night is alright for fighting. And Literary Death Match proved that in spades in a wild return to the Elbo Room that saw Sarah Frisch outduel Rachel McKibbens in a Lone Star Lit finale that went to sudden death, where Frisch chimed in with the right answer to win her the LDM SF, Ep. 52 crown.
Friday, April 11, 2014 at 4:25PM April 11, 2014 — To celebrate all that is amazing about the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Literary Death Match teamed with 826LA for a star-studded return to Largo at the Coronet that saw Rachel McKibbens outduel co-finalist Andres du Bouchet by a score of 9-5 in a Literary Pictionary finale to win McKibbens the LDM LA, Ep. 28 crown.
Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 1:56AM April 5, 2014 — On a magical Lone Star State night, Literary Death Match is teamed with the San Antonio Book Festival for a night of literature, laughs, lore-making at the glorious Charline McCombs Empire Theatre. The brilliant night ended with Antonio Sacre outdueling Owen Egerton by a score of 46-45 in a Lone Star Lit finale that won Sacre the LDM San Antonio, Ep. 1 crown.
Friday, March 28, 2014 at 2:10PM April 3, 2014 — In Literary Death Match's colossal return to magical Austin — and more specifically Alamo Ritz— the packed house saw Neal Pollack outduel Elizabeth McCracken in a Cyrillic-Off by a final score of 145.1 to 145 — the narrowest of margins — to win Pollack the LDM Austin, Ep. 7 crown.