2025 Arizona Wildlife Views Photo Contest

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2024 Wildlife photo contest winning submission of a desert spiny lizard. By Randi Najac

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 Mike Bush

Small Covey of Gambel's Quail

Location: Scottsdale Sonoran Preserve

Photo by Paul Reap

Gila monster sunbathing in Lime Creek, Arizona near Horseshoe Lake

Location: Lime Creek, Arizona

Photo by Mike Bush

Two young mule deer early morning

Location: Scottsdale Sonoran Preserve

Photo by Paul Reap

Black-tailed rattlesnake near Blue River in Coconino County, Arizona.

Location: Coconino County, Arizona

Photo by Paul Reap

Arizona Black Rattlesnake perched on a log in the morning, waiting for the sun to come out.

Location: Bass Canyon, Arizona

Photo by Jeff Mooney

Gila Monster relocated from a garage in Troon North

Location: Troon North

Photo by Jeff Mooneu

Young western Diamondback relocated from a front porch

Location: Cave Creek, AZ

Photo by Elliott F Smith

[I eat tonight]

Location: Madera Canyon

Photo by Ellott F Smith

Are you seeing what i'm seeing

Location: ASDM

Photo by James Dutton

Snake with a Gopher in it's belly.

Location: Paulden, Arizona

Photo by Tom Mangelsdorf

Curve-billed Thrasher chick and its mother at feeding time (which is usually all the time)...

Location: Scottsdale

Photo by Adam Rodriguez

Location: Gilbert Water Ranch