Partying ShotsSquarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.594-SNAPSHOT-1 (http://www.squarespace.com)Adrian Todd Zuniga opens the night.http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-9.jpg?pictureId=22251938Zuniga intros the judges: Liz Nugent, Carol Off & Kurt Andersenhttp://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-10.jpg?pictureId=22251927Carol Off uncorks her trademark humor.http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-11.jpg?pictureId=22251928Richard Kelly Kemick leads off the reading.http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-13.jpg?pictureId=22251930Kemick, again, with judges looking on.http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-14.jpg?pictureId=22251926Kim Fu wows the audience.http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-12.jpg?pictureId=22251929The judges huddle, making the night's first impossible decision.http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-15.jpg?pictureId=22251931Daniel Zomparelli kicks off the second round of reading.http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-16.jpg?pictureId=22251932Jessica Johns has the audience in her thrall.http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-17.jpg?pictureId=22251933The judges announce the Round 2 winner...sort of.http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-18.jpg?pictureId=22251934The four-finalist finale goes down to the wire...http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-19.jpg?pictureId=22251935And Kemick's audience volunteer, Lucia, helps him bring home LDM goldhttp://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-20.jpg?pictureId=22251936Kemick sporting literature's greatest prize.http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/picture/wordfest_2026_imaginarium_friday_selects-fc-david-kotsibie-persuasion-photo-22.jpg?pictureId=22251937