Patricia Young (born 1954 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet, and short story writer.
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.
Airstream. Biblioasis. 2006. ISBN 978-1-897231-01-2.
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
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
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
