The L’EMPREINTE Portrait Prize was created to honour voices that explore memory, grief, and the traces we leave behind.

Poetry has a unique power to hold both the fragility and strength of human experience — to capture what feels unspeakable in moments of loss and remembrance.

Each year, we invite writers of all backgrounds, to share their words, and through this prize, we celebrate the art of language as a vessel for healing, reflection, and connection.

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