 Writers who received their start on "Caribbean Voices" or were nurtured as contributors by the programme during Swanzy's tenure include George Lamming, Edgar Mittelholzer, Shake Keane, Sam Selvon, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Austin Clarke, Ian McDonald, Gloria Escoffery, John Figueroa, Alfred Mendes Derek Walcott and V. S. Naipaul.According to Naipaul, Swanzy brought to the programme "standards and enthusiasm.He took local writing seriously and lifted it above the local".