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Patricia Young (born 1954 in
Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...
) is a Canadian
poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
, and
short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...
writer. She is married to writer
Terence Young Terence or Terry Young may refer to: *Terence Young (director) (1915–1994), British film director * Terence Young (politician) (born 1952), Canadian Conservative Party politician * Terence Young (writer), Canadian writer * Terry Young (American p ...
. Their daughter Clea Young is also a writer, whose debut short story collection ''Teardown'' was published in 2016. M. A. C. Farrant
"Review: Clea Young's short stories are as smart as they are astute"
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'', November 19, 2016.


Poetry

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Short stories

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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 The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, established in 1986, is awarded annually to the best collection of poetry by a resident of British Columbia, Canada. One of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, the award was originally known as the B.C. Prize for Poetry. ...
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


References

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