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

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/taiwans-mirror-fiction-hands-out-50000-in-awards-for-book-to-screen-adaptations/
- Published: 2026-11-08T01:11:56+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T04:11:27+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/mirror-fiction-stand-in-family-endless-rain-tccf-taicca-1237216206/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- Two authors share more than US$50,000 in awards.
- Both winning stories may be adapted for screen.
- Mirror Fiction also announced three novels suited to adaptation.

## Summary

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.

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