C. Dale Young

C. Dale Young (born April 18, 1969) is an American poet and, physician, editor, and academic.

Life
Young grew up in south Florida. He holds degrees from Boston College (B.Sc. 1991) and the University of Florida (M.F.A. 1993 and M.D. 1997). He completed his medical internship at the Riverside Regional Medical Center and his residency in radiation oncology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Young writes and publishes poetry and short stories, practices medicine full-time, edits poetry for New England Review, and teaches in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. His poems have appeared in many magazines and journals, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, The Paris Review, POETRY, Yale Review, and elsewhere. His work has also been included in anthologies, including The Best American Poetry.

He lives in San Francisco, California with his spouse, biologist and composer Jacob Bertrand.

Recognition

 * 2012: Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation for residency at the Bellagio Study Center in 2013
 * 2012: The MacDowell Colony, Residency Fellowship
 * 2012: 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship
 * 2009: Amanda Davis Returning Fellowship, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
 * 2008: 2009 Poetry Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
 * 2008: 2007 ForeWord Magazine Poetry Book of the Year Award, Finalist
 * 2008: The 2007 Lambda Literary Award in Poetry, Finalist
 * 2008: Northern California Book Award in Poetry, Finalist
 * 2007: The Corporation of Yaddo, Residency Fellowship
 * 2004: Academy of American Poets' James Laughlin Award, Finalist
 * 2003: Stanley P. Young Fellowship, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
 * 2002: Norma Farber Poetry Award, Finalist
 * 1992: Tennessee Williams Scholarship in Poetry, Sewanee Writers' Conference
 * 1992: Grolier Poetry Prize

Poetry

 * Torn (letter-press broadside). Mad River Press, 2004,
 * Torn. Four Way Books, 2011.
 * The Second Person. Four Way Books, 2007.
 * The Day Underneath the Day. Northwestern University Press, 2001.

Short Fiction

 * "Between Men". Four Way Review, Sep 30, 2012.
 * "The Affliction". (Guernica, Feb 15, 2010.