Patricia Young
Patricia Young 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..
- Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry..
- Making Connections: Literacy from a Feminist Perspective.
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, 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