Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 5:15PM October 16, 2010 — Before a brilliant and energetic audience at the Texas Book Festival, journalist Hank Stuever's three-person team outsat Team Bob Shea, in a dramatic, Texan-skewed game of Muzakal Chairs — winning Stuever the LDM crown.
Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 7:24PM October 14, 2010 — Before a packed Mountain Bar house in LA's Chinatown, Seth Greenland's winning memory was the final checked box on a memorable night, as he out-scored co-finalist Jennine Capó Crucet by a score of 9-5 in a hotly contested battle of Literary Memory to win the LDM100: LA crown.
Monday, October 11, 2010 at 9:56PM October 12, 2010 — An electric night in America's Finest City — at the peerlessly named El Take It Easy — finished fantastically with Big Lonesome author Jim Ruland outdrawing short storyteller specialist Jess Jollett 2-0 to claim San Diego's second-ever LDM crown.
Friday, October 8, 2010 at 9:12PM October 8, 2010 — The LDM100 tour epically continued with the Literary Death Match's Canadian debut at W2 Storyeum. The night of lit nerdistry to remember ended with performer/humorist Sara Bynoe outshining co-finalist/journalist Steve Burgess in a tightly contested LDM Songstravaganza by a final score of 7-5.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 2:49PM October 6, 2010 — The kick off for the LDM100 tour at San Francisco's Litquake was nothing short of spectacular, with a wild centurial finale that saw Jason Bayani outduel fellow finalist Kari Kiernan 11-6 in a 100-second book stack competition that changed the face of literature forever.
Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 3:57PM August 10, 2010 — Deep in the recesses of a brilliant dungeon (a.k.a. The Banshee Labyrinth), the Literary Death Match's Edinburgh debut — teamed with Utter! at the Free Fringe — was pitch- and picture-perfect, with Scotland's homegrown Jenny Lindsay narrowly winning over Molly Naylor (Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think Of You) in a breakneck game of Pass-the-Haggis to take the LDM crown.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 5:53AM June 17, 2010 — Brilliance reigned supreme at New York City's 27th-ever Literary Death Match, as four heavyweights slugged it out at Bowery Poetry Club, with The Rumpus founding editor Stephen Elliott out Card Shark'd co-finalist Rakesh Satyal by a final score of 2-1, avenging his LDM first-round knockout 90 episodes ago in San Francisco, and claiming the LDM crown.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 7:19PM March 11, 2010 — The Literary Death Match's deep south debut at Blowin’ Smoke was a boisterous clash that ended with Zach Powers out-Georgia peach-tossing co-finalist Adam Davies to claim Georgia's first-ever Literary Death Match title.
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 10:52AM January 21, 2010—An inspired LDM NYC, Ep. 22 was rife with brilliance at New York City's Bowery Poetry Club, as SWEET: Actors Reading Writers rep Nelly Reifler narrowly outshone New York Tyrant rep Christopher Kennedy in an a awards acceptance speech-off that made her the Literary Death Match Champion.