2025 Arizona Wildlife Views Photo Contest
2024 Winning Photograph by Randi Najac
Do you want to see your photo on the cover of Arizona Wildlife Views?
Do you have a knack for capturing great photos of wildlife?
Then you won’t want to miss the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s
19th Annual Wildlife Photo Contest.
One best in show and 11 winners will be showcased in the 2026 calendar, which is published as part of the November-December 2025 issue of Arizona Wildlife Views. The best-in-show photo is published on the cover of the issue and as one of the photos representing a month. Winning photos may also appear in future issues of Arizona Highways magazine.
All photos must depict wildlife native to and found in Arizona, and all photos must have been taken in Arizona settings. Entrants are responsible for complying with the Official Rules; not doing so may result in disqualification.
The submission deadline is 5 p.m. MST on August 8, 2025.
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
GALLERY
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Photo by Candace Porth
A Great Horned Owl is relentlessly harassed by a Northern Mockingbird, defending its territory. The mockingbird flew off for a second and the owl took that opportunity to make its escape.
Location: Phoenix (my back yard)
Photo by Isabel Guerra Clark
Location: Tucson's Sweetwater Wetlands
Photo by Lisa Miller
Elk walking along the path on the South Rim.
Location: South Rim Grand Canyon
Photo by Candace Porth
A Cactus Wren, Arizona's state bird, searches for succulent fruit on an Organ Pipe cactus.
Location: Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix
Photo by Steve
Location: Payson az
Photo by Jackson Mason
Found in some tall grass a docile Black-tailed Rattlesnake lays still
Location: Table Mesa road
Photo by Sharna Watson
This Harris's Hawk made a meal of a cotton tail rabbit just a few feet from our front porch.
Location: Apache Junction
Photo by Jill Tierney
Three Burrowing owls exhibited significant interest in an unidentified owl.
Location: Buckeye AZ
Photo by Chelsea Bottorff
Location: Bearizona - Williams, AZ
Photo by Candace Porth
A vibrant male Vermilion Flycatcher poses in a pine by the lake at Granada Park while his mate watches from a neighboring tree.
Location: Granada Park, Phoenix
Photo by Austin Haag
A small Colorado Desert Sidewinder soaking up some morning sun
Location: Yuma
Photo by linda arany
Two broadbill hummingbirds in flight
Location: Madera Canyon