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.
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Photo by Marsha Hood
Peacock on top of a resident's home in Buckeye
Location: Buckeye, AZ
Photo by Bob Kravetz
Mom and one of 3 cubs
Location: Peoria, AZ
Photo by Lisa Miller
Mother Coot feeding her baby.
Location: Sedona Wetland
Photo by Chelsea Bottorff
Location: Bearizona - Williams, AZ
Photo by Gary Wojton
I came across this pair of mating coachwhip snakes while hiking right outside of the Fountain Park in Fountain Hills.
Location: Overlook Trail in Fountain Hills
Photo by Stanley Fetrow
Hiked passed a couple of Coues Whitetail Does laying up in the shade in a wash in the heat of the day while hiking back to my truck
Location: Santa Catalina Foothills
Photo by Robin Armour
Surprise in the front yard.
Location: Linden
Photo by Banook
Here is a picture of a roadrunner with a small lizard in its mouth
Location: Yuma
Photo by Banook
Here is a picture of a sleeping burrowing owl
Location: Yuma
Photo by Eric Allen-Banka
Cactus wren nesting in a cholla in the heart of Organ Pipe National Monument
Location: Organ Pipe National Monument
Photo by Eric Allen-Banka
Zebra tailed lizard (Callisaurus draconoides) Basking on a boulder on a summer afternoon
Location: Saguaro National Park
Photo by Monica Carlson
Location: Tucson Mountains