Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 2:28PM November 16, 2024 — In our grand return to the Texas Book Festival at Speakeasy Austin, a jam-packed crowd witnessed a marvel of a night that saw Rita Bullwinkel outlast co-finalist Hollie Hardy in a Lone Star Lit finale that went to sudden death, winning Bullwinkel the LDM Austin, Ep. 18 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 7:32PM October 17, 2024 — After two years away, LDM retured to Odessa, as as we once again teamed with the geniuses at Odessa Arts for an electric fun night that saw Elizabeth Wetmore narrowly defeat Jonathan Pizarro in a Lone Star Lit finale that won Wetmore the LDM Midland & Odessa, Ep. 6 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Monday, September 12, 2022 at 7:38AM September 12, 2022 — In our grand return to Midland & Odessa, LDM joined forces with Odessa Arts and Writers' League of Texas for a night of brilliance inside a boxing ring (!) that saw James Wade narrowly win over co-finalist Kathy Valentine in a thrilling battle of Original or Adapted, winning Wade the LDM Midland & Odessa, Ep. 5 crown and literary immortality to go with it.
Friday, October 12, 2018 at 3:23PM October 12, 2018 — In our grand return to the Permian Basin, we partnered with Odessa Art as part of NEA Big Read: ArtPocalypse, for a Literary Death Match knockout that ended in a game of Arithme-Lit that saw Jodi Egerton topple Sean Petrie in a down-to-the-wire match winning Egerton the LDM Midland & Odessa, Ep. 4 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 11:12PM March 3, 2017 — In what's become an annual tradition, Literary Death Match heads back to the glory of West Texas as we teamed up with the Odessa Shakespeare Festival for a rollicking night that saw Chaitali Sen outduel Joy Jones in sudden death in a Lone Star Lit II matchup, winning Sen the LDM Midland & Odessa, Ep. 3 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.