"Writing as usual. Publishing like never before. We're writers. We always have been and always will be." And when it launched the WRITE Race in February, its thinking was: "Are we, the Mirror team, the sole gatekeepers of the platform? Is that at all in line with our values? Do we even have time for that? The answer is no, no and no... Nepotism and scarcity take a backseat to hive mind and reward. It’s a collective rally behind the best writers and a way to discover them."