Patricia Young

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• 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)

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

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

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

• 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