Patrick G. Roland

Poet, Fiction Writer

Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania US
Email: 
patrickgroland81@gmail.com
Website: 
patrickgroland.com
Twitter/X: 
@pg_roland

Author's Bio

Patrick G. Roland is a writer and educator nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best Microfiction, and Best Small Fictions. His work was featured in scaffold’s Top 50 Micro Writings of 2025 and appears in Rattle, Hobart, HAD, Sky Island, Maudlin House, and Rejection Letters. He lives with cystic fibrosis and writes poetry and short fiction about memory, class, place, and the residue of loss. He lives near Pittsburgh with his wife and two children.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Journals:
50-Word Stories
,
Bending Genres
,
Bull: Men's Fiction
,
CafeLitMagazine
,
Emerge Literary Journal
,
Five on the Fifth
,
HAD
,
Halfway Down the Stairs
,
Jersey Devil Press
,
Literally Stories
,
Macrame
,
Maudlin House
,
Pictura Journal

Poetry

Journals:
3Elements Literary Review
,
A-Minor Magazine
,
Amethyst Review
,
Blue Rivers
,
Cold Moon Journal
,
Down in the Dirt
,
Drift & Dribble Miscellany
,
Ekphrastic Review
,
english journal
,
Eunoia Review
,
Hobart
,
January House Literary Journal
,
JMWW
,
Last Leaves Magazine
,
Little Old Lady
,
Lowlife Lit Press
,
Maudlin House
,
Muleskinner Journal
,
Neologism Poetry Journal
,
New Feathers Anthology
,
New Verse News
,
Not One of Us
,
Pinhole Poetry
,
Rattle
,
Rogue Agent
,
Sage Cigarettes Magazine
,
San Antonio Review
,
Sky Island Journal
,
South Florida Poetry Journal
,
Teach. Write.
,
Trampoline
,
Unbroken
,
Wild Roof Journal
,
Willawaw Journal
,
WORDPEACE
Prizes won: 
  • Pushcart Prize Nominee (Neologism Poetry Journal, 2025)
  • Pushcart Prize Nominee (Halfway Down the Stairs, 2025)
  • Pushcart Prize Nominee (Rat Bag Lit, 2025)
  • Pushcart Prize Nominee (Emerge Literary Journal, 2026)
  • Best Small Fictions Nominee (Rat Bag Lit, 2026)
  • Best Microfiction Nominee (Emerge Literary Journal, 2026)
  • Editor's Choice in Rattle's Ekphrastic Challenge, October 2025 for "The Silence Afterlight"
  • The scaffold Top 50 Micro Writings of 2025, for "How It Goes" in Rejection Letters

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Johnstown, PA
Pennsylvania
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Last update: May 23, 2026