Taiwan’s Mirror Fiction Hands Out $50,000 In Awards For Book To Screen Adaptations

Taiwanese intellectual property company Mirror Fiction has awarded more than US$50,000 to two authors to support publication and potential screen adaptations of their work. The awards were announced at Taiwan Creative Content Fest, alongside a new slate of novels being considered for adaptation.

Iris Kong received the US$30,500 Grand Prize for *The Stand-In Family*, about unrelated people living together to secure a house. Malaysian author Liang Xuan won the US$21,000 Jury Prize for *Endless Rain*, a story set in Ipoh about a woman who returns more than 20 years after being presumed murdered. Mirror Fiction will develop both works for publication and possible film or television versions; the company said book-based films earn over 40% more at the box office on average, while adapted television series attract nearly 60% more viewers.