2024 Frank Collymore Literary Award winner Charmaine “Nailah Folami Imoja” Gill.  Video Copyright © 2024 by the Central Bank of Barbados.
 
 

Frank Collymore Awards Celebrate Literary Excellence, Cultural Identity (Adapted from barbadostoday.bb.)

IN A VIBRANT celebration of Barbadian letters, the Frank Collymore Literary Endowment (FCLE) showcased the island’s rich literary talent at its 27th awards ceremony.

HAZEL SIMMONS-MCDONALD is a Saint Lucian who has lived and worked in Barbados for over thirty years. She is Professor Emerita of Applied Linguistics at the University of the West Indies and has published textbooks on language learning as well as several articles on educational issues in Creole and Creole-influenced vernacular contexts.  Although in retirement, she continues to do research in this field and also devotes time to creative writing.