“The best part of being on stage at then Literary Death Matchis gazing out into the crowd and fantasizing that all of those beautiful, literary-minded people are there for you and you alone. And that every one of them wants to buy you a scotch.”
--Michelle Richmond, author ofThe Year of Fog
Past Winners
- Nuala Ní Chonchúir
(Dublin, Ep. 1, March 2010) - Richard Milward
(London, Ep. 4, Feb. 2010) - Wayne Gladstone
(NYC, Ep. 23, Feb. 2010) - Dylan Schaffer
(SF, Ep. 26, Feb. 2010) - Mike Young
(Baltimore, Ep. 1, Jan. 2010) - Nelly Reifler
(New York, Ep. 22, Jan. 2010) - Will Clarke
(Dallas, Ep. 1, Jan. 2010) - James Kennedy
(Chicago, Ep. 4, Jan. 2010) - Janaka Stucky
(Boston, Ep. 2, Jan. 2010) - Matty Byloos and Josh Atlas
(SF, Ep. 25, Jan. 2010) - Elna Baker
(New York, Ep. 21, December 2009) - Beth Spotswood
(San Francisco, Ep. 24, December 2009) - Edith Zimmerman
(New York, Ep. 20, 2009) - D.W. Lichtenberg
(San Francisco, Ep. 23, 2009) - Riley Michael Parker
(Portland, Ep. 1, November 2009) - Kellen Conway Blanchard
(Seattle, Ep. 2, November 2009) - George Chopping
(Oxford, Ep. 1, November 2009) - Matthew De Abaitua
(London, Ep. 3, November 2009) - Amelia Gray
(Austin, Ep. 1, October 2009) - James Nestor
(SF, Ep. 22, October 2009) - Robert Lopez
(NYC, Ep. 19, September 2009) - Mohamed Razane
(Paris, Ep. 1, September 2009) - Courtney Gillette, Tom Tom Magazine
(NYC, Ep. 18, September 2009) - Jodi Lynn Villers
(Raleigh Ep. 1, September 2009) - Ashna Sarkar, Rising
(London Ep. 2, September 2009) - Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon
(SF Ep. 21, September 2009) - Elisa Albert, Post Road
(NYC Ep. 17, August 2009) - Paul Neilan, Green Apple Books
(SF Ep. 20, August 2009) - Matthew Simmons, HTML Giant
(Seattle Ep. 1, August 2009) - Nick Franciose, Lighthouse Writer
(Denver Ep. 2, August 2009) - Rich Ferguson, The Nervous Breakdown
(LA Ep. 1, August 2009) - Spencer Dew, THE2NDHAND
(Chicago Ep. 3, July 2009) - Abraham Smith, Spinning Jenny
(NYC Ep. 16, July 2009) - Amber Marks, Book Club Boutique
(London Ep. 1, July 2009) - Julie Metz, Brooklyn Writers Space
(NYC, Ep. 15, June, 2009) - K.M. Soehnlein, Switchback
(SF, Ep. 19, June, 2009) - Roy Kesey,Downtown Writers Center
(University, Ep. 1, June, 2009) - Michael Muhammad Knight,Soft Skull Press
(NYC, Ep. 14, May, 2009) - Jill Summers, Orange Alert
(Chicago, Ep. 2, May, 2009) - Jeannie Greeley, Stuff Boston
(Boston, Ep. 1, May, 2009) - April Sinclair, Single Woman of a Certain Age
(SF, Ep. 18, May, 2009) - B.C. Edwards, pax americana
(NYC, Ep. 13, April, 2009) - Daniel Grandbois, flatmancrooked
(Denver, Ep. 1, April, 2009) - Lorelei Lee, Rebel Reading Series
(SF, Ep. 17, April, 2009) - Liz Niven, Scotland
(Beijing, Ep. 1, March, 2009) - Will Durst
(SF, Ep. 16, March, 2009) - Cintra Wilson, New York Times
(NYC, Ep. 12, February, 2009) - Luke Sykora
(SF, Ep. 15, February, 2009) - Megan Stielstra, Dollar Store Reading Series
(Chicago, Ep. 1, February, 2009) - Veronica Chater, Memoir (and)
(SF, Ep. 14, January, 2009) - Joshua Citrak, Slouch Magazine
(SF, Ep. 13, November, 2008) - Tao Lin, Muumuu Press
(NYC Ep. 11, November, 2008) - Dennis DiClaudio, Guerrilla Lit
(NYC Ep. 10, October, 2008) - Eric Puchner, Zoetrope: All-Story
(SF, Ep. 12, October, 2008) - Kim Addonizio, Litquake
(SF Ep. 11, September, 2008) - Alan Black, Redroom.com
(SF Ep. 10, July, 2008) - Timmy Waldron, Word Riot
(NYC Ep. 9, September, 2008) - John Williams, Titlepage.tv
(NYC Ep. 8, June, 2008) - Aaron Garretson, Opium
(NYC Ep. 7, May, 2008) - Rupert Estanislao, Suicide Kings
(SF Ep. 9, April, 2008) - Andrew Lam, Heyday Books
(SF Ep. 8, March, 2008) - Tony DuShane, Cherry Bleeds
(SF Ep. 7, February, 2008) - Jon Wolanske, Killing My Lobster
(SF Ep. 6, November, 2007) - Giancarlo DiTrapano, NY Tyrant
(NYC Ep. 6, October, 2007) - Daniel Handler, Opium
(SF Ep. 4, October, 2007) - Bucky Sinister, Progressive Reading Series
(SF Ep. 3, September, 2007) - Kirk Read, Instant City
(SF Ep. 2, August, 2007) - Sam Hurwitt, Kitchen Sink
(SF Ep. 1, July 2007) - Irina Reyn, Ballyhoo Stories
(NYC Ep. 5, July 2007) - Todd Zuniga, Opium
(NYC Ep. 4, June 2006) - Sean Casey, McSweeney’s
(NYC Ep. 3, May 2006) - Manuel Munoz, Swink
(NYC Ep. 2, April 2006) - Ted Travelstead, Sweet Fancy Moses
(NYC, March 2006)
Past Magazines
- 100 Proof
- AGNI
- 3:AM
- Ballyhoo Stories
- The Believer
- Big Ugly Review
- BOMB Magazine
- Canteen
- Cherry Bleeds
- Copper Nickel
- Crazy Child
- The Crier
- D’town Writers Ctr. (Syr.)
- Dewclaw
- Edifice Wrecked
- elimae
- EPOCH Magazine
- failbetter
- Farallon Review
- flatmanCROOKED
- Five Dials
- Fiction Attic
- Five Chapters
- Fourteen Hills
- Guernica
- Hayden’s Ferry Review
- Hobart
- HTML Giant
- Instant City
- Juked
- The Kenyon Review
- Kitchen Sink
- KNOCK
- Lost Magazine
- McSweeney’s
- MeThree
- Memoir (and)
- Memoirious
- Milk Machine
- Missouri Review
- Mixer
- Monkeybicycle
- n+1
- Nerve
- The Nervous Breakdown
- New York Times
- New York Tyrant
- NOON
- The Normal School
- One Story
- Open City
- Other Voices
- Other Magazine
- Oxford American
- A Public Space
- pax americana
- Parthenon West Review
- Pindeldyboz
- Post Road
- Quick Fiction
- Raleigh Quarterly
- ReadyMade
- Reading Local: Seattle
- Redroom.com
- Rising
- The Rumpus
- Sadie Magazine
- Salon
- Salt Hill
- Scribbler
- Six Word Memoirs
- Slice
- Slouch Magazine
- Smith Magazine
- Snap Judgement
- Southeast Review
- Stone Canoe
- Stuff Boston
- Sweet Fancy Moses
- Swink
- Switchback
- Tablet
- Tears in the Fence
- Tin House
- Tom Tom Magazine
- Underwater New York Unlikely Stories
- Whore!
- Word for Word
- Word Riot
- Yankee Pot Roast
- Zoetrope: All-Story
Past Publishers
- Black Maze Books
- BOA Editions
- Exterminating Angel Press
- Faber
- Future Tense
- Ghost Road Press
- Heyday Books
- Hotel St. George Press
- Hyperion Books
- MacAdam/Cage
- Manic D Press
- Muumuu House
- Rose Metal Press
- Serpent's Tail
- Six Gallery Press
- Soft Skull Press
- St. Martin's Press
- Watchword Press
Past Reading Series
- 2nd Story (Chicago)
- Dollar Store (Chicago)
- Guerrilla Lit (NYC)
- How I Learned (NYC)
- Inside Story Time (SF)
- L’s Literary Upstart (NYC)
- Monday Night Lit (Denver)
- The Monti (Raleigh)
- The Moth (NYC)
- Orange Alert (Chicago)
- Poetry vs. Comedy (NYC)
- Porchlight (SF)
- Progressive Reading Series (SF)
- Rebel Reading Series (SF)
- RUI (Chicago)
- Vermin on the Mount (LA)
- What's Up Tiger Lily? (LA)
- Windy City Story Slam (Chicago)
- Writers With Drinks (SF)
Past Literary Entities
- 826 Valencia
- Booksmith SF
- Borderland Books
- Brooklyn Writers Space
- City Lights SF
- Dog Eared Books SF
- Green Apple Books SF
- Grub Street
- Lighthouse Writers
- Litquake
- North 24th
- Penned in the Margins
- Texas Book Festival
- Writer's Dojo
Past Performance Groups
Past Sponsors
Past Venues
- Amnesia (SF)
- The Back Room (NYC)
- Blowin’ Smoke (Savannah)
- Bowery Poetry Club (NYC)
- Blue Monk (Portland)
- The Book Club (London)
- The Bookworm (Beijing)
- Cinespace (LA)
- Corner Club (Oxford)
- Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas)
- Elbo Room (SF)
- Enormous Room (Boston)
- Forest Room 5 (Denver)
- Fizz (Chicago)
- Harlot (SF)
- The Hideout (Chicago)
- Housing Works Bookstore Cafe (NYC)
- The Kitchen (NYC)
- Jewel Box Theater (Seattle)
- Ludington Building (Chicago)
- Mercury Cafe (Denver)
- Old Queen’s Head (London)
- One Eyed Jack’s (New Orleans)
- Paradise Lounge (Boston)
- Pianos (NYC)
- Pour House (Raleigh)
- Queen of Hoxton (London)
- Rebar (Seattle)
- Le Reservoir (Paris)
- Rickshaw Stop (SF)
- The Sanctuary (Austin)
- Sara D. Roosevelt Park (NYC)
- Slipper Room (NYC)
- The Sugar Club (Dublin)
- Supreme Trading (NYC)
- Swedish American Hall (SF)
- Tompkins Square Park (NYC)
- Verdi Club (SF)
- Viaduct Theater (Chicago)
- The Windup Space (Baltimore)
Past Readers
- Lynka Adams
- Kim Addonizio
- Elisa Albert
- Steve Almond
- Jaynel Attolini
- Michael Atkinson
- Tom Barbash
- Elissa Bassist
- Elna Baker
- Kyle Beachy
- Kelly Beardsley
- Nicky Beer
- Frédéric Beigbeder
- Kellen Conway Blanchard
- Teague Bohlen
- Jack Boulware
- Arthur Bradford
- Melissa Broder
- Todd Brotze
- Steven Brykman
- Bobby Biedrzycki
- Alan Black
- Ryan Boudinot
- Donald Breckenridge
- Matt Briggs
- Jade Brooks
- Lisa K. Buchanan
- Aaron Burch
- Susan Buttenwieser
- Matty Byloos and Josh Atlas
- Michael Capozzola
- Lisa Carver
- Sean Casey
- Katherine Center
- Bryan Charles
- Veronica Chater
- Marianna Cherry
- Justin Chin
- Tom Chivers
- George Chopping
- Candy Churilla
- Joshua Citrak
- Will Clarke
- Tracy Clark-Flory
- Kerry Cohen
- Thomas Cooper
- Tom Corwin
- Brian Costello
- Katie Crouch
- Michael Czyzniejewski
- Blag Dahlia
- Laura Joyce Davis
- Luke Dempsey
- Rhea DeRose-Weiss
- Mi Detmar
- Spencer Dew
- David Ellis Dickerson
- Frances Dinkelspiel
- Dennis DiClaudio
- Giancarlo DiTrapano
- Vince Donovan
- Joel Dovev
- Andy Dugas
- Will Durst
- Joe Dunthorne
- Tony Dushane
- Elyssa East
- B.C. Edwards
- Chris "Whitey" Erickson
- Janice Erlbaum
- Rupert Estanislao
- Andy Farkas
- Rich Ferguson
- Kathy Fish
- Rodes Fishburne
- Nick Franciose
- Jon Friedman
- Elisa Gabbert
- Peter Gajdics
- Rivka Galchen
- James Gavin
- Courtney Gillette
- William Giraldi
- Wayne Gladstone
- Salena Godden
- Tod Goldberg
- Tyler C. Gore
- Daphne Gottleib
- Daniel Grandbois
- Genie Gratto
- Amelia Gray
- Jeannie Greeley
- Andrew Sean Greer
- John Grindrod
- Gabriel Gudding
- Charlie Haas
- Daniel Handler
- Jeff Hardison
- Nick Harkaway
- Seth Harwood>
- James Hass
- Michael Layne Heath
- Matt Herlihy
- Melinda Hill
- Elliott Holt
- Michelle Hoover
- Thomas Hopkins
- Jessica Hopper
- Andy Horwitz
- Dave Housley
- Michael M. Hughes
- Sam Hurwitt
- Yuka Igarashi
- Julius Kalamarz
- Elizabeth Koch
- Debbie Kuan
- Philippe Jaenada
- Noria Jablonski
- Nathan Jones
- Heidi Julavits
- Blaise Allysen Kearsley
- Amy Lawless
- Lorelei Lee
- Adam Levin
- Stacey Levine
- Felicia Luna Lemus
- D.W. Lichtenberg
- Tao Lin
- Robert Lopez
- Jon Longhi
- Joshua Lyon
- Christina Kallery
- Gary Kamiya
- Heather Kelley
- Christopher Kennedy
- James Kennedy
- Megan Kerr
- Roy Kesey
- Paul Killebrew
- Nicolette Kittinger
- Suzanne Kleid
- Gwendolyn Knapp
- Michael Muhammad Knight
- Andrew Lam
- Sophie Lewis
- Colm Liddy
- Regina Louise
- Brian Malow
- Joshua Mandelbaum
- Eric B. Martin
- Jeff Martin
- Clive Matson
- Amber Marks
- Joyce Maynard
- Scott McClanahan
- Sharon McGill
- Kristin McGonigle
- Julie Metz
- Zachary Mexico
- Jen Michalski
- Lincoln Michel
- Richard Milward
- Gabrielle Mitchell-Marell
- Joshua Mohr
- Christopher Monks
- Max Monnehay
- Tim Mucci
- Marty Mulligan
- Manuel Munoz
- Simone Muench
- Jason Myers
- Jesse Nathan
- Paul Neilan
- Jim Nelson
- James Nestor
- Daniel Nester
- Nuala Ní Chonchúir
- Liz Niven
- Katharine Noel
- Danbert Nobacon
- Brian O’Connell
- Jeff O’Keefe
- Tony O’Neill
- Alvin Orloff
- John Osborne
- Musa Okwonga
- Peter Orner
- Riley Michael Parker
- Ridley Pearson
- Tom Perrotta
- Jeff Polish
- Pedro Ponce
- Derek Powazek
- Laura Pritchett
- Eric Puchner
- Carol Queen
- Joanna Smith Rakoff
- Jessy Randall
- Andy Raskin
- Mohamed Razane
- Kirk Read
- Nelly Reifler
- Evan Rehill
- Barbara Jane Reyes
- Irina Reyn
- Dan Roche
- Matt Rohrer
- Paco Romane
- Kathleen Rooney
- Jane Roper
- Alex Rose
- Michelle Richmond
- Thaddeus Rutkowski
- Ashna Sarkar
- Shya Scanlon
- Eric Schniewinde
- Dylan Schaffer
- Samantha Schoech
- Davis Schneiderman
- Abraham Smith
- K.M. Soehnlein
- Damion Searls
- Shanthi Sekaran
- Amy Shearn
- Jason Sheehan
- Rebekah Silverman
- Matthew Simmons
- Jake Wallis Simons
- April Sinclair
- Bucky Sinister
- Beth Spotswood
- Amy Sohn
- Wesley Stace
- David Henry Sterry
- Megan Stielstra
- Sarah Jane Stratford
- Janaka Stucky
- Jill Summers
- Ellen Sussman
- Ross Sutherland
- Craig Taylor
- Katherine Taylor
- Michelle Tea
- Evany Thomas
- Maureen Tkacik
- Pauls Toutonghi
- Anthony Tognazzini
- Ted Travelstead
- Deb Olin Unferth
- Jodi Lynn Villers
- Cheryl Wagner
- Timmy Waldron
- Sarah Walker
- Miranda Ward
- Billy Warden
- Teddy Wayne
- Josh Weil
- Christopher R. Weingarten
- Tim Wells
- James West
- Jensen Whelan
- John Williams
- Cintra Wilson
- Holly Wilson
- Jon Wolanske
- Geoff Wolinetz
- Mishna Wolff
- Alex Yates
- Rachel Yoder
- Mike Young
- James Yeh
- Febronio Zatarain
- Edith Zimmerman
- Todd Zuniga
Past Judges
- Ben Adams
- Scott Adsit
- Rafeal Alvarez
- Tara Anderson
- Sini Anderson
- Tony Arcabascio
- Yorgos Archimandritis
- Lesley Arfin
- Rob Baedeker
- Damian Barr
- David Barringer
- Todd Barry
- Elissa Bassist
- Eve Batey
- Mark Bazer
- Alison Becker
- Alan Black
- Jared Bloom
- Lee Bob Black
- Bo
- Kurt Bodden
- Jack Boulware
- Eve Bridburg
- Janine Brito
- Luke Brown
- Frank Bruno
- Jodi Bullock
- Gill Bumby
- Jill Bumby
- Chelsea Cain>
- Scott Campbell
- Michael Capozzola
- Molly Carroll
- Melanie Case
- Tita Chico
- Tim Clare
- Alana Conner
- Paul Constant
- Elizabeth Crane
- Anna deVries
- Dennis DiClaudio
- Laura Dockrill
- Joel Dovev
- Fuchsia Dunlop
- Debi Durst
- Tony DuShane
- Helena Echlin
- Owen Egerton
- Robin Ekiss
- Stephen Elliott
- Jonathan Evison
- Isaac Fitzgerald
- Peter Finch
- Sean Finney
- David Foenkinos
- Ben Foster
- Ben Fountain
- Joshua Furst
- Larry Gallagher
- Jane Ganahl
- Lisa Geduldig
- Billy Giraldi
- Gravity Goldberg
- David Goodwillie
- Jeff Gordinier
- Ben Greenberg
- Ben Greenman
- Jess Grose
- Peter Grosz
- Kevin Guilfoile
- Mary Guterson
- James Hass
- Shawn Hazelwood
- Matt Herlihy
- David Hicks, PhD
- Barry Hite
- Jessica Hopper
- Amy Hundley
- Jen Hyde
- Scott Jacobson
- TJ Jagadowski
- Cicily Janus
- Chicken John
- Howard Junker
- Michael Kimball
- Jonathan Keats
- Joseph Keckler
- Christopher Kennedy
- Emma Kennedy
- KGBebe
- Arline Klatt
- Julie Klausner
- Dan Klein
- Elizabeth Koch
- Josh Kornbluth
- Jack Kukoda
- Phil LaMarche
- Andrew Lam
- Amy Lamé
- Shaun Landry
- Richard Lawson
- John Leary
- Ian Lendler
- Andrew Leland
- Nina Lesowitz
- Gabe Liedman
- Ali Liebegott
- Todd Levin
- Stacey Lewis
- Mia Lipman
- Beth Lisick
- Joshua Lyon
- Paul Madonna
- Ben Mainwaring
- Laura Lee Mattingly
- Jesse McKinley
- Ben Mainwaring
- Chris March
- Zia McCabe
- Douglas McGray
- Gavin McInnes
- Philly McMahon
- Moby
- Christopher Monks
- Una Mullally
- Nami Mun
- Michael Musto
- Molly Parkin
- Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
- Leigh Newman
- Ethan Nosowsky
- Nadine O’Regan
- Tina Parker
- Chelsea Peretti
- Benjamin L. Perez
- Tom Perrotta
- Curtis Pesmen
- Scott Poole
- Bob Powers
- Lamont Price
- Elise Proulx
- Chris Ransick
- Andy Raskin
- William Razavi
- Jody Reale
- Kimi Recor
- Rhett & Link
- Carla Rhodes
- Michelle Richmond
- Trina Robbins
- Kathleen Rooney
- Caitlin Roper
- Devorah Rose
- Brant Rumble
- Richard Russo
- Jay Ryan
- Audrey Ryan
- Mark Sarvas
- Ben Schafer
- Damion Searls
- Maria Semple
- Scott Sigler
- Will Skidelsky
- Jane Smiley
- Shawn Smith
- Luke Smith
- Rob Spillman
- Matt Stewart
- Amy Sohn
- Beth Spotswood
- Wesley Stace
- Amanda Stearn
- Sara J. Stockbridge
- Anika Streitfeld
- Danielle Svetcov
- Terese Svoboda
- Amber Tamblyn
- Michelle Tea
- Sarah Thyre
- Ted Travelstead
- Oscar Villalon
- Leslie Waggoner
- Ayelet Waldman
- Ben Walker
- Daniel Wallace
- Teddy Wayne
- Ted Weinstein
- Tim Wells
- Lindy West
- Jon Wolanske
- Mishna Wolff
- David Wiegand
- Cintra Wilson
- Carolyn Zaikowski
- Todd Zuniga
- Emily Zuzik