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.
Monday, December 15, 2014 at 2:09PM December 15, 2014 — In a literary event masquerading as our Xmas party, Literary Death Match pulled out all the stops with a respite from the mindless, booze-fueled holiday shindigs for a mindful, booze-fueled holiday-themed literary and comedic celebration that ended with Isley Lynn blurting out the final answer in a Literary 20 Questions finale to narrowly topple co-finalist Alex Christofi and win Lynn the LDM London, Ep. 44 crown.
Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 1:08AM December 5, 2014 — In our final jaunt SF-ward this year, a knockout lineup of charmsters and charmstresses convened for a holiday jolt of levity, literature and sweetness, in a night that ended with Maisha Z. Johnson outdueling Janine Kovac in a down-to-the-wire Literary 20 Questions finale, winning Johnson the LDM SF, Ep. 57 crown.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 7:33AM September 10, 2013 — In a whizbang affair at Shanghai's glorious Glamour Bar, Literary Death Match returned to the Pearl of the Orient for a fun-filled night that finished with Diana Yin outscoring Tom Carter by a baker's dozen in a Literary Spelling Bee that won Yin the LDM Shanghai, Ep. 2 crown.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 8:27PM March 18, 2011 — Glamour Bar at M on the Bund set a gorgeous stage for Literary Death Match's Shanghai debut, hosted by LDM's Ann Heatherington and presented by Shanghai International Literary Festival. And in the end it was SJ Rozan who outdueled Jenn Chan Lyman in a crazy-close game of Poet v. Madman.
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 6:15PM August 31, 2010 — The Literary Death Match's long-awaited (by us) return to China and The Bookworm Beijing was nothing short of masterwork, with the brilliant night finishing with a fake mustache/chopstick/cheap toy/basketball shootout finale that saw One Story representative John Leary claim a 3-1, closer-than-the-scoreboard-suggests victory over co-finalist and Shiva Naipaul prize-winner James Palmer. While the crowd cheered ecstatically, Leary was crowned victor.
Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 2:13PM The first-ever international Literary Death Match, held before a fun and rowdy crowd at The Bookworm in Beijing, China, was a global dream come true, as award-winning Scottish poet Liz Niven outdueled the dynamic Zachary Mexico in a three-tiered competition that finished with Niven scoring the night’s last points on the final challenge: “Gently Rub a Chopstick on Beijing!” Niven, the first international to call herself champion, wore the medal proudly.