John Young has received awards at the following contests
- Akousmatique, Montréal (Québec): 2022
- Concorso Internazionale di Composizione Elettronica Pierre Schaeffer, Pescara (Italy): 2003
- Concours biennal de composition acousmatique Métamorphoses, Ohain (Belgium): 2010
-
Concours international de composition électroacoustique Klang
! , Montpellier (Hérault, France): 2019 - Concours international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, Bourges (Cher, France): 2007
- Concurso de Composición Electroacústica Destellos, Mar del Plata (Argentina): 2017, 2022
- Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo (CIMESP), São Paulo (Brazil): 2001
- Klingler ElectroAcoustic Residency (KEAR), Bowling Green (Ohio, USA): 2014
- Musica Nova International Competition of Electroacoustic Music, Prague (Czech Republic): 2011, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
- Prix Ars Electronica, Linz (Austria): 1997
- Stockholm Electronic Arts Award, Stockholm (Sweden): 1996