Mirror Fiction announces winners of fifth Mirror Fiction Award

Mirror Fiction, a Taiwanese IP development and production company, has announced the winners of its fifth biennial Mirror Fiction Award at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). The awards, which provide funding to assist in the publication and screen adaptation of literary works, distributed over NT$1.7 million (approximately $50,000) in total prizes.

Iris Kong (also identified as Jiang Huizhong) received the Grand Prize of NT$1 million for “The Stand-In Family.” The suspense novel follows four strangers who impersonate a family within a house where a murder occurred. Kong, an engineer by profession, noted that she designed the story with production costs and screen adaptation potential in mind.

Malaysian writer Liang Xuan (also identified as Long Xuan) won the NT$700,000 Judges’ Award for “Endless Rain.” The story is set in Ipoh, Malaysia, and involves a mysterious woman appearing in a town twenty years after her supposed murder.

Mirror Fiction CEO Tung Cheng-yu stated that the awards aim to encourage writers and introduce promising properties to investors. Tung noted that films adapted from books see over 40% higher attendance than original films, while television adaptations see a difference exceeding 60%.