The UWI Press achieved significant recognition, winning two esteemed Caribbean awards for its publications. “Near a Plantation: Free Villages of Barbados, 1840-1945” by Professor Emeritus Sir Woodville Marshall secured the 2025 Elsa Goveia Memorial Book Prize, an honour bestowed by the Association of Caribbean Historians for outstanding contributions to regional history. Marshall’s book offers a transformative analysis of post-slavery Barbados, using wills and deeds to challenge prevailing assumptions about the development of free villages and the experiences of former slaves. Meanwhile, “Politics in an Island State: Wills O. Isaacs and Jamaica’s Struggle for Development” by Professor Emerita Diane Austin-Broos earned third place in the 2025 Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Award from the Caribbean Studies Association. The book provides a nuanced portrait of Jamaican politics, focusing on the life and impact of Wills O. Isaacs and presenting a counter-narrative to common perceptions of chaos and crime. Director of UWI Press, Christine A. Randle, celebrated these achievements as a testament to the publisher’s legacy of promoting scholarly Caribbean works.