Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 11:47AM April 5, 2018 — Literary Death Match went back-to-back — two shows in two nights — and the second, at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, was excellence abound, as Sara Faith Alterman took down Matthew Siegel in a down-to-the-wire battle of Arithme-Lit to win Alterman the LDM SF, Ep. 66 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 8:37AM April 4, 2018 — LDM returne dto SF with a humdinger at The Battery that set the hearts and minds of onlookers aflame, as Baruch Porras-Hernandez toppled Faith Adiele in an epic Arithme-Lit finale that went down to the wire, winning Porras-Hernandez the LDM SF, Ep. 65 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, November 18, 2017 at 1:40PM November 18, 2017 — For our final Literary Death Match of 2017, we returned to the Miami Book Fair for an Author Party extravaganza at The Standard Hotel on Miami Beach which saw Chen Chen outduel T'ai Freedom Ford in a down-to-the-wire Literary Visual Riddles finale to win Chen the LDM Miami, Ep. 9 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 5:10PM November 4, 2017 — For our annual Austin drop-in, Literary Death Match once again teamed with the Texas Book Festival for a Lit Crawl-fueled night of splendiferousness at The North Door that saw Rakesh Satyal narrowly topple Melissa Febos in a wild Literary Spelling Bee III finale by a single point to win Satyal the LDM Austin, Ep. 12 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, October 28, 2017 at 4:44PM October 28, 2017 — In a debut for the ages, Literary Death Match teamed with the Festivalul Internațional de Literatură de la Timișoara, for a brilliant night at the gorgeous National Theatre and Opera House that ended with V. Leac (with help from first-round competitor Livia Ștefan) narrowly defeated Cosmina Moroșan in a Literary Visual Riddles finale by a 4-3 score to win V. Leac the LDM Timișoara, Ep. 1 crown and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 1:45PM October 14, 2017 — In our triumphant return to Nashville, Literary Death Match is once again teaming up with the Southern Festival of Books for a brilliant night of weird that saw Ciona D. Rouse narrowly defeat Odie Lindsey in an American Psycho or American President? finale in sudden-death overtime to win Rouse the LDM Nashville, Ep. 4 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 8:07AM October 12, 2017 — For our annual visit to glorious Calgary, Literary Death Match returned to Wordfest for a YA spectacular at Big Secret Theatre that was pure delight from end-to-end, finishing with Alice Kuipers narrowly outdueling Susan Juby in an extraordinary double-finale (Visual Literary Riddles + American Psycho or American President?) to win Kuipers the LDM Calgary, Ep. 5 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Friday, October 6, 2017 at 10:13PM October 7, 2017 — For our glorious return to SF, Literary Death Match returned to Elbo Room for a sensational night of words, comedy and wonderment presented by Litquake, that saw JiaJing Liu outduel Molly Giles in a down-to-the-wire Visual Literary Riddles finale that won Liu the LDM SF, Ep. 64 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.