Photo Contest | Arizona Highways

2025 Arizona Wildlife Views Photo Contest

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 11, 2025.

Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.

GALLERY

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Photo by Liz Stegmeir

Blue Heron resting before his next catch.

Location: White Horse Lake, Williams, AZ

Photo by Cricket Fosnaugh

Beautiful female coyote resting on the desert floor within the South mountain foothills.

Location: Laveen Arizona

Photo by Wesley Franklin

This photo displays the endangered Loach Minnow underwater in Aravaipa Creek in the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness outside of Safford Arizona.

Location: Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness

Photo by Larry Chandler

Turkey Vulture sunning in early morning shortly after sunrise. You know it's a good morning when (1) you wake up; and (2) vultures are disappointed that you are still moving.

Location: Eagar, Arizona