4thWrite Prize

6:37 am and he is up on his toes; aching back, balding head, right hand casually combing testicular foliage, left

The night before her first day at school, I laid out her uniform on the chair by her bed. I

Bloody meat is still fresh, Aunty Patience was saying, and it will make the soup tasty, ehn? Desi nodded. Pastor

Behba does not see him at first. True, there is little light inside the baithak, the windows still shuttered at

Her husband hasn’t forgiven her yet for adopting a dog without consulting him when they already have twin, 2-year old

Wrinkled clear film around a forearm. A menthol super-king cigarette is carried to Amy’s mouth. She takes a long, considered

Welcome to the Guardian and 4th Estate 4thWrite Prize, a competition open to Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers living in the

Gift was designed in Britain and assembled in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. During his first eight years in the UK he lived underground

Nicola works in architecture in London, having lived between Malaysia and the UK. Her creative non-fiction has been published in Epoch

Sulaxana is an English teacher, writer and single mother. Runner up in the 2019 Bridport Short Story prize, she has been long listed

Amaan is the author of the poetry collection At Hajj (Penned in the Margins, 2017). His poems have appeared in various publications including