# 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.

## Poetry

* Travelling the Floodwaters. Turnstone Press. 1983. ISBN 978-0-88801-082-7.
* All I Ever Needed Was a Beautiful Room. Oolichan Books. 1987. ISBN 978-0-88982-073-9.
* The Mad and Beautiful Mothers. Ragweed Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-920304-79-2.
* Those Were the Mermaid Days. Ragweed Press. 1991. ISBN 0-921556-14-4.
* More Watery Still. Anansi. 1993. ISBN 978-0-88784-541-3.
* What I Remember From My Time on Earth: poems. Anansi. 1997. ISBN 978-0-88784-592-5.
* Ruin and Beauty. House of Anansi Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-88784-649-6.
* Here Come the Moonbathers. Biblioasis. 2008. ISBN 978-1-897231-43-2.
* An Auto-Erotic History of Swings. Sono Nis. 2010. ISBN 978-1-55039-178-7.
* Pilgrimage: Love Poems. JackPine Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-9865426-7-1.
* Stunned. Leaf Press. 2011. ISBN 978-1-926655-35-2.
* Amateurs At Love. The Alfred Gustav Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-9877910-3-0.

## Short stories

* Airstream. Biblioasis. 2006. ISBN 978-1-897231-01-2.

## 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