Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 5:29AM April 2, 2016 — For our annual spring classic, Literary Death Match once again joined forces with the San Antonio Book Festival for a wild night of lit, wit and weirdness at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre that ended with a tense Literary Spelling Bee III that saw Jamie Brickhouse outduel David Crabb in sudden death to win Brickhouse the LDM San Antonio, Ep. 3 crown.
Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 1:28AM April 1, 2016 — For LDM's 10-year anniversary, we blew the doors off with our AWP Super-Spectacular at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, and set the LDM attendance record (801). Presented by 89.9 KCRW and co-presented by the Otherppl podcast and Painted Bride Quarterly, the talent-packed night ended with Kirstin Valdez Quade so-narrowly outdueling Danez Smith in overtime in a Literary Charades finale to win Quade the LDM LA, Ep. 42 crown.
Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 1:28AM March 23, 2016 — Our 10-Year Anniversary series of celebrations, Literary Death Match returned to LDM's spiritual home — the City by the Bay — for a ultra-fun night of calamity, literature and genius at the glorious Alamo Drafthous that saw Zahra Noorbakhsh narrowly outduel Shanthi Sekaran in a Lone Star Lit finale that went all the way to overtime to win Noorbakhsh the LDM SF, Ep. 60 crown.
Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 6:47AM March 10, 2016 — As part of our global 10-Year Celebration, Literary Death Match returned to the Windy City for our debut at iO Chicago for a night of lit and wit stars that ended with Erika L. Sanchez outdueling Tim "Toaster" Henderson in a fierce Literary Spelling Bee III battle that won Sanchez the LDM Chicago, Ep. 9 crown.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 6:48AM March 8, 2016 — To celebrate 10 Years of Literary Death Match, we returned to our Brooklyn home at The Bell House to put on a show for the ages, as the masterful lineup of can't-miss wonderments combined to bring an instant classic to the sold out crowd, as the brilliant night finished with Victor LaValle outdueling Idra Novey in a battle of Lone Star Lit to win LaValle the LDM Brooklyn 10-Year Anniversary crown.
Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 7:34PM March 3, 2016 — As part of our 10-Year Anniversary celebration, Literary Death Match partnered with Picador as we headed to The Abbey Hotel for the Bath Literature Festival. The magical evening of literature, comedy, and hijinks saw Paul M.M. Cooper outduel Kat Arney in a Lone Star Lit finale to win Cooper the LDM Bath, Ep. 1 crown.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 8:05PM February 17, 2016 — To bring warmth to a chilly, Californian February, Literary Death Match returned to Largo at the Coronet for the run-up to the Oscars with our annual Screenwriter's Special that saw Kristin Newman outduel Amy Aniobi in a fiercly contested Original or Adapted? finale, winning Newman the LDM LA, Ep. 41 crown.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 9:16PM February 17, 2016 — Literary Death Match kicked off its residency at the Southbank Centre, with some of the most talented literati in Londontown, on a night that saw Matthew Robins outduel Nick Makoha in a down-to-the-wire Original or Adapted? finale that went to the sudden-sudden-death before Robins was crowned as the LDM London, Ep. 55 champion.
Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 7:58PM January 21, 2016 — Literary Death Match kicked off our 2016 at Largo at the Coronet on an exceptionally high note in what will go down as an instant classic. The wild, pitch-perfect night finished with Shihan Van Clief outdueling Carmiel Banasky in a wily Literary Charades finale to win Van Clief the LDM LA, Ep. 40 crown.
Friday, January 1, 2016 at 9:02PM Last year, our Year in Review took a turn — instead of focusing on the past year, it focused on the year ahead. And while 2015 was riddled with highlights (which we’ll open with), it's way more exciting to me to talk about our future. And we’ve got big ideas, and bigger plans, and I’m going to spill some of the beans here and now.