Here is the guidelines for paid awards for non-published creative writing, including a full-length novel, Hackney Literary Awards, offered by Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. They are offering $5,000 for the 1st place winner in the novel category and $2,500 national and $2,500 state level; 1st $600, 2 nd $400, and 3 rd $250 in the poetry and short fiction categories. They are taking manuscripts for the full-length novels now and will close on September 30th. The poetry and short fiction will not be accepted until Oct. 1st with the deadline being Dec 31st. There’s a $25 entry fee for the novel and a $10 entry fee for the poetry and short fiction. That’s fairly common for most literary contests.

The link also provides a list of last years winners. Unfortunately, there’s no mention of their winning stories or poetry but there is a link to photos of the awards ceremony Here.

Got any short stories or poetry laying around collecting dust? Got a novel completed but no publisher interested? Well, dust them off and send them in to this literary contest. You never know, you could become a winner!