We are back with hybrid programming celebrating at the Palladio Banquet Hall in Los Angeles!
We invite you to Red Hen’s annual benefit gala for an exciting evening event filled with an elegant dinner, readings, a live auction, and a chance to meet Red Hen Press authors and members of the literary community. We hope you can join us in celebrating our 32nd year!
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026, 4:00 PM PT
Location: Palladio Banquet Hall – 1018 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205
Featured Gold Table Host Speakers:
LUKE GOEBEL – KILL DICK
Luke B. Goebel is an American novelist and screenwriter whose work moves between fiction, memoir, and cinema with a restless, intimate energy. He is the author of Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours, winner of the Ronald Sukenick Prize for Innovative Fiction, and the forthcoming novel KILL DICK (Red Hen Press). His screenwriting credits include Causeway and Eileen, and his writing has appreciated in numerous literary journals. Goebel’s work is known for its formal daring and emotional precision, often exploring grief, identity, and the porous boundary between lived experience and art.
REBECCA CHACE – Talking to the Wolf
Rebecca Chace’s most recent novel, Talking to the Wolf, will be published by Red Hen Press in May 2026. Her other books include Leaving Rock Harbor, Capture the Flag, and Chautauqua Summer. She is a contributor to The New York Times and has written for The Yale Review, New England Review, LA Review of Books, Lit Hub, Bookpost, and many other publications. Fellowships include Civitella Ranieri, MacDowell, Yaddo, Dora Maar House, American Academy in Rome (visiting artist), and others. She is a Faculty Associate at Bard College’s Institute for Writing and Thinking. Follow her Substack, “Hey Friend, You Broke My Heart.”
WILLIAM ARCHILA – Canicula / Dog Days – Sponsored by James Wilson!
William Archila’s most recent publications include Canícula/Dog Days: Selected Poems 2009-2013 and S is For, winner of the 2023 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. He is also the author of The Art of Exile and The Gravedigger’s Archaeology. He was awarded the 2023 Jack Hazard fellowship. He has been published in Poetry magazine, The American Poetry Review, AGNI, The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Indiana Review, TriQuarterly, and the anthology Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology. He is an associate editor at Tía Chucha Press. He lives in Los Angeles, on Tongva land.
Featured Silver Table Host Authors:
Denise Frost – A Shadow of Jaguars
Douglas Manuel – Trouble Funk
Florencia Ramirez – The Kitchen Activist
Marivi Soliven – Taxi Dancer
Writing in the Schools
MORE COMING SOON!
Sponsorship Packages and Tickets
Individual Tickets – $250
- 1 admission to the benefit evening gala, including a luxury dinner with 21 appetizers and 5 main courses
- Red Hen gift bag including exclusive merchandise and books
Virtual Tickets – $50
- 1 virtual admission to live-streamed programming from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Red Hen gift bag including exclusive merchandise and books, mailed to you!
Gold Table Sponsorship – $8,000 – SOLD OUT
- 12 admissions to the benefit seated at the same table with your host(s)
- Sit alongside an author of your choice from the gold table host list
- Autographed books by the author for you and each of your guests
- 3 broadsides featuring each presenting author’s work and hand-signed by their respective authors
- A Red Hen gift bag exclusively for event attendees
- Acknowledgment during the event and online
- A bottle of champagne at your table for you and your guests
Silver Table Sponsorship – $6,000*
- 10 admissions to the benefit seated at the same table with your host(s)
- Sit alongside an author of your choice from the silver table host list
- Autographed books by the author for you and each of your guests
- A Red Hen gift bag exclusively for event attendees
- Acknowledgment during the event and online
Other Sponsorship Opportunities
Publishing Sponsor – $5,000
- Inclusion on a Red Hen donor wall, to be displayed at the front of its Pasadena office
- Receive in-text acknowledgment in publications of your choice of one of Red Hen’s programs: Letras Latinas, Pighog Press, Quill Publishing, Story Line Press, Xeno Books, or Writing in the Schools
- Sponsorship noted on our website and at the event
- Ability to use Red Hen Press resources in corporate campaigns or personal branding
Program Sponsor – $3,000
- Become an official sponsor of one of Red Hen’s programs: Letras Latinas, Pighog Press, Quill Publishing, Story Line Press, Xeno Books, Writing in the Schools, or the Los Angeles Review
- Sponsorship noted on our website and at the event
- Available Program Sponsorships
Book Angel Sponsor – $1,000
- An optional choice of acknowledgment (in-print) inside an upcoming Red Hen title
- Sponsorship noted on our website and at the event
*(please note, you can buy a half/split table)
Please call (626) 506-2017 or email henhouse@redhen.org to request additional information about Red Hen’s benefit.
To make a table purchase, please email brooke.erdmann@redhen.org for more information.
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