‘Vividly realised’ global stories on 4thWrite prize shortlist

The short story competition for unpublished writers of colour, run by the Guardian and 4th Estate, features a domestic child worker in Pakistan and a physics professor whose psyche splits in two

Six hugely compelling and vividly realised global stories" have been shortlisted for the 4thWrite prize.

The prize, which is run by the Guardian and publisher 4th Estate, is a short story competition for unpublished writers of colour.