The Gloria Lyn Memorial Fund fosters the love of literature to develop a literary community and hope to create a better world, one person at a time.
The Gloria Lyn Memorial Fund has had 10 years of winners and 10 years of impact on the lives of UWI students interested in literature. Since 2014, the fund has consistently offered a prize of USD 500 to the student with the best grades in the second-year West Indian literature courses and has sponsored the West Indian Literature 41st Conference and the 2nd prize in the UWI poetry Clash.
The Gloria Lyn Memorial Prize Winners over the years have been:
- 2014 Xavienne Roma Richardson
- 2015 Francona Cousins/Judith Campbell Jones (tie)
- 2016 Cornel Bogle
- 2017 Kyle Williams
- 2018 Kheileigh Ann Gray
- 2019 Kandice Thompson
- 2020 Xan Xi
- 2021 Andrew McDaniel
- 2022 Anika Christopher
- 2023 Jessie Mayers
