Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 2:09PM November 5, 2013 — In Literary Death Match's victorious return to Quinnipiac University for our second-ever episode in Connecticut, it was Sam Austin who narrowly outshined co-finalist Joe Virgillito in a wild game of Literary Pictionary that finished with a closer-than-it-appears score of 13-3 to win Austin the LDM Quinnipiac crown.
Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 12:59PM May 9, 2013 — After 44 Manhattan-based events, Literary Death Match is made the obvious move to the better borough, with an offiical Brooklyn debut at Union Hall that saw Alexander Chee outduel co-finalist Alina Simone in an exhilirating Literary Pictionary finale that Chee won with a closer-than-it-seems 9-1 victory, to win him the LDM Brookyn, Ep. 1 crown.
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 5:51PM December 16, 2010 — On a holly, jolly, cut throat night of poetic gift-giving at the Bowery Poetry Club, Literary Death Match’s final event of the year ended with “Team Hanukkah” (featuring Clay McCleod Chapman) outdid “Team Christmas” (headed by Elissa Bassist) in a vicious battle of "Mad Lib Christmas Caroling" that led to the crowning of Chapman as LDM champion.
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 7:07PM March 12, 2010 — Raucous readings. Hilarious tales of personal highs and lows. An Elbo Room so packed it should have to change its name. But in the end, the never-less-than-sidesplittingly-funny Ali Liebegott (The IHOP Papers) reigned victorious, and deservedly so, after first-round winner Tania Katan (My One Night Stand With Cancer) narrowly lost The Shortest Spelling Bee in Modern History finale.
Friday, February 12, 2010 at 11:22PM February 12, 2010 — An epic night—referred to some as "the best LDM in SF ever"—ended with Dylan Schaffer out-chocolate-launching Valentine's Day chocolates into the mouths of famous love writers (Pablo Neruda, Danielle Steele, and Sigmund Freud), narrowly edging out Samantha Schoech to snare the LDM championship.
Friday, December 11, 2009 at 12:21AM December 11, 2009 — San Francisco’s Literary Death Match embraced December in all of its holiday glory, holding a free/fundraiser LDM at the Elbo room. Holiday stories, a jingle bells/Mad Libs finale, and the first night of Channukah all came together on Dec. 11, when Beth Spotswood was crowned the final LDM champion of 2009.
Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 7:00PM September's Literary Death Match SF marked was a night to remember at Elbo Room, as Tracy Clark-Flory—pitted against finalist Genie Grotto—took home the LDM crown in a ferociously heated game of Literary Beer Pong.