About Patrick
Patrick Ramsay is a queer Utah-based poet who was raised in and along the wetlands of the Great Salt Lake. He earned his B.A. in English & creative writing at Weber State University, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of Metaphor Literary Journal. He owns Happy Magpie Book & Quill, an independent pay-what-you-can bookshop in Ogden, Utah. His poems focus on land, heart, and community in the West, and they have appeared in Gwarlingo, Halophyte Magazine, LQ Magazine, QSaltLake, The Signpost, Sink Hollow, The Standard-Examiner, and more. You can find more of Patrick’s work in his debut poetry chapbook, “Butterflies are Rare in Beehives” or on Instagram @writepatrick.
Readings & Events
West Trade Review Winter 2023 Collection. || West Trade Review. Online. December 2023.
Recipient of “Ogden Mayor’s Award in Literary Arts” || Ogden, Utah. November 2023.
Finalist - Literary Death Match || Ogden, Utah. November 2023.
Voices for the West Workshop. || Torrey House Press. Zion Canyon Mesa. Springdale, Utah. February 2023.
Writing from the Land Workshop. || Entrata Institute. Torrey, Utah. October 2022.
Sustenance Writing Workshop Assistantship. || Online. August 2022.
Grand Open Mic || “Selected Poems” Happy Magpie Book & Quill. Ogden, Utah. October 2022.
Confluence. River Writing. || “Confluence of Hands” Zoom, Salt Lake City. December 2021.
“Butterflies are Rare in Beehives” book launch || Glass Spider Publishing, Ogden, Utah. January 2018.
RadioACTive. 90.9FM KRCL. || “Salt Lake City Poem” Salt Lake City, Utah. April 2017.
Four Freedoms Suite. Orchesis Dance Theatre. Weber State University || “How to Talk about It” Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. April 2017.
Ogden Poet Laureate Founder & Committee Member || Ogden, Utah. September 2017
LITerally Podcast || “Ep. 7 - Poet Floreate” The Banyan Collective, Ogden, Utah. September 2016.
First Place - Ogden Pride Poetry Slam. || “How to Talk about It” Booked on 25th, Ogden, Utah. August 2016.
National Undergraduate Literature Conference || “An Unsorry Apology,” “Deliver This to Him,” “Tuesday Morning,” and “When You Land.” ”Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. April 2016
Poetry Workshop. High School Editors Conference || Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. February 2016
National Undergraduate Literature Conference || “Bed Heads,” “Daughter of a Whiskey Marriage,” “Tuesday Morning,” and “Glove You, Love Glue.” Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. April 2015
Metaphor Gala || “Never Love a Writer,” Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. April 2014