The 2023 fellowship offers two up-and-coming photographers anywhere in Canada the opportunity to work with mentors at Room Up Front to produce a photo essay or visual feature for The Narwhal. Applicants may apply to produce a photo essay or feature on their own, or may pitch a project in partnership with a Narwhal reporter. Fellows receive hands-on training from editors at The Narwhal in photojournalism production, editorial planning, feature layout and design as well as hands-on experience throughout the assigning, writing, editing and fact-checking process.

The fellowship also provides recipients the opportunity to dive deep into a unique photojournalism project that does what The Narwhal does best: expresses our complex relationships with the natural world in Canada. 

Each fellow receives $3,000 to produce an original photo essay for publication on The Narwhal by July 2024. The recipient’s mentor through Room Up Front also receives a stipend of $1,000.