Benicia Literary Arts is seeking volunteers

Welcome! What we do:
  • Read, edit, and work with authors on their manuscripts
  • Publish works of literary merit
  • Hold events that inform and educate writers
  • Sponsor ongoing writing groups who help each other
  • Sponsor workshops on writing, publishing, social media
We started a blog! We invite you to join the conversation on the blog page. 










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Shut Up and Write!

Please join Benicia Literary Arts for an evening of focused writing time at the Benicia Library. All genres and experience levels are encouraged, and don't worry, no one will see what you've written! This is about getting your writing done and meeting other local writers.

We'll begin at 6:30 by leading a quick round of introductions, then start quiet writing time at 6:45. At 8:15, we'll wrap up and take some more time to get to know each other, share challenges and successes as writers, etc. Again, there will be no obligation to share your work! Feel free to take breaks as needed throughout the event.

Location: Benicia Library - Doña Benicia Room
Dates: Every other Monday
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm





“GOING THE DISTANCE—LONG ROAD AHEAD”
brings together writings that offer strength, hope, and solidarity in this time of systemic racism, economic hardship, climate crisis, and threats to democracy. This column of poetry and short prose is published twice weekly in the Benicia Herald, distributed through two googlegroups, and posted at Going The Distance. Due to space limitations, prose pieces of fewer than 800 characters, or poems of fewer than 40 lines, with a maximum of 40 characters per line, work best.
Send your writing to msgast45@gmail.com 






Ekphrastic Poetry Reading at Main Street Arts Gallery
Sunday, October 12, 3:30-5:30pm
613 Main Street, Martinez       Click here for a PDF flier.




Benicia Literary Arts is excited to announce that we won the best overall design in fiction for the 2024 Carquinez Review! 

Carquinez Review 2024, by Multiple Authors, Edited by Mary Eichbauer, Illustrated by Multiple Illustrators; Other Contributors: Lois Requist, Project Manager; Jan Malin, Book Designer (Benicia Literary Arts).






Beth Grimm and Ken Weichel sharing a moment during Table Talk which is held monthly at The Inn at Benicia Bay.


Attention, all Poets and Prose Writers!
Benicia Literary Arts is excited to be co-sponsoring an Ekphrastic Event with the Benicia Poet Laureate and Martinez Main Street Gallery! This event will culminate with a reading at the Gallery on Sunday, October 12, 3:30 - 5:30pm.
Here you will find plenty to spark your writing, because Main Street Arts is a collective that features the talents of painters, a glass artist, ceramic artists and a metal artist. To view the art and find your inspiration to participate, please note:
 The exhibit opens September 5, 11am - 9pm. Check the gallery website (https://www.mainstreetarts.net/) for Open dates and hours --there are several dates and times when you can examine the art.
IMPORTANT: Submission rules and a sign-in sheet will be on-site at the gallery starting September 5.
The deadline for submissions is October 5.