Patricia Young
Introduction '''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.
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Short stories *
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
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