Patricia Young

Patricia Young (born 1954 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet, and short story writer.

She is married to writer Terence Young. Their daughter Clea Young is also a writer, whose debut short story collection Teardown was published in 2016.

Anthologies

 * A Walk by the Seine, Canadian Poets on Paris. (Black Moss Press, 1996).
 * Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry. (Monitor Book Co., 1995/96).
 * Making Connections: Literacy from a Feminist Perspective. (Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women, 1996)

Awards and nominations

 * Butler Prize, shortlist for Here Come The Moonbathers, 2009
 * Airstream included on Globe and Mail's list of best 100 books of the year 2006
 * Butler Prize, shortlist for Airstream, 2000
 * Meltcalf-Rooke Award, for Airstream, 2006''
 * Governor General's Award nominee for Ruin & Beauty, 2000
 * B.C. Book Prize for What I Remember From My Time On Earth, 1997
 * Governor General's Award nominee for More Watery Still, 1993
 * Pat Lowther Award for The Mad And Beautiful Mothers, 1989
 * Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for All I Ever Needed Was A Beautiful Room, 1987

Prizes: poetry

 * Federation of B. C. Writers, Literary Rites Competition, 1987, First Prize
 * National Magazine Award, 1988
 * C.B.C. Literary Competition, 1988, Second Prize
 * League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Competition, Co-winner
 * Aya Press Tenth Anniversary Literary Competition, First Prize, 1989
 * League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, 1993, Second Prize
 * Grain Prose Poem Contest, Co-winner, 1995
 * League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, First Prize, 1996
 * CV2 Annual Poetry Contest, First Prize, 1996
 * Room of One's Own Poetry Contest, 1996
 * League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, Second Prize, 1997
 * George Woodcock Poetry Contest, Canada India Village Aid, First Prize, 1997
 * The Stephen Leacock Poetry Award: The Orillia International Poetry Festival, 1997
 * Mothertongue Chapbook Competition, second prize, 1998
 * Grain Prose Poem Prize, co-winner, 1998
 * Prairie Fire, Bliss Carmen Award, First Prize, 1998
 * Grain Postcard Story Prize, Co-winner, 1999
 * National Magazine Award for Poetry, silver, 1999
 * Room of One's Own, Poetry Contest, second prize, 2007
 * Prairie Fire, second prize, 2008
 * Grain, Prose Poem Prize, Co-winner, 2008
 * Arc's Poem of the Year Contest, first prize, 2008
 * Room of One's Own Poetry Contest, second prize, 2008
 * Fiddlehead Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention, 2009
 * C. B. C. Literary Awards, finalist, 2009
 * Malahat Review Long Poem Competition, shortlist, 2009 & 2011
 * Arc's Poem of the Year Contest, first prize, 2009
 * Malahat Review Open Season Award, shortlist, 2009 & 2012
 * Bridport Poetry Prize (UK), shortlist, 2009
 * C.B.C. Literary Awards, finalist, 2010
 * Prism International Poetry Competition, Honourable Mention, 2010
 * The Antigonish Review's Great Blue Heron Contest, Third Prize, 2010
 * The New Quarterly, Occasional Verse Contest, Second Prize, 2010
 * The Confederation Poet's Prize, 2010
 * C.B.C. Literary Awards, finalist, 2011
 * The Antigonish Review's Great Blue Heron Contest, First Prize, 2011
 * Room of One's Own Poetry Contest, First Prize, 2011
 * Montreal International Poetry Prize, shortlist, 2011
 * Malahat Review, Open Season Award, shortlist, 2012
 * Prism International Poetry Competition, Third Prize, 2012

Prizes: fiction

 * Other Voices Fiction Award, First Prize, 2000
 * Matrix, First Prize, 2001
 * Fiddlehead Fiction Contest, Honorable Mention 2001
 * Other Voices Fiction Award, First Prize, 2001
 * Fiddlehead Fiction Prize, Honorable Mention, 2002
 * Room of One's Own Fiction Prize, First Prize, 2003
 * Fiddlehead Fiction Prize, Honorable Mention, 2004
 * Journey Prize, 2004, Short-list
 * This Magazine's Great Canadian Literary Hunt, Second Prize, 2006