Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 3:25AM April 25, 2012 — In a whizbang, book-knockdown affair, the Literary Death Match's triumphant return to the Elbo Room — presented by Mission at 10th Magazine — set the stage aflame with literary and comedic mastermindery, as Joe Quirk out-bowled co-finalist Carolyn Cooke by a narrower-than-it-seems score of 15-9 to win the LDM SF, Ep. 44 crown!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 4:00PM February 11, 2009—Chicago’s first Literary Death Match was a debut to remember, as The Hideout was filled with a litany of literary talent, culminating with local favorite Megan Stielstra (Dollar Store Reading Series) claimed the LDM crown by out-stabbing-a-hole-in-Nebraska against Rachel Yoder (Quick Fiction).
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 3:53PM Opium’s Literary Death Match SF, Episode 3 at The Rickshaw Stop shined bright, and left the cheering audience in stitches. For the first time ever, the LDM strayed from their writers-representing-literary journals model, and invited four of SF’s outstanding reading series’ to elect a past reader to participate.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 3:56PM August 21, 2007—Opium’s Literary Death Match SF, Episode 2, was an absolutely inspired success. Breaking the LDM attendance record, the latest event pulled in 170 rowdy, rally-crying supporters (“And all of them good-looking,” said one attendee). It was also the first-ever LDM episode to feature product placement, as co-host Todd Zuniga sported a eye-catching necktie created by the minds of Medium Reality.