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 Anthony Pawlicki

A Flat-tailed Horned Lizard partially buried in the sand.

Location: Yuma, AZ

Photo by Anthony Pawlicki

Two young Cooper's Hawks sitting in a tree with one eating.

Location: Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson

Photo by Josh Hall

Young bull elk, off of Houston Mesa horse loop trail in Star valley az.

Location: Star valley, Mayfield Canyon

Photo by Tom Mangelsdorf

Arizona's official state bird about to enjoy a bug for breakfast.

Location: Scottsdale

Photo by Kenny Sugarman

Roadrunner with its favorite meal Lizard Ala Carte

Location: Three Points Az.

Photo by John Durham

Sandhill Cranes moving across a grassy area in Whitewater Draw.

Location: Whitewater Draw, McNeal, AZ.

Photo by John Durham

Canadian Goose family.

Location: Mesa

Photo by Chuck Russell

Crane Flying over looking to land at sunset

Location: Cochise Lake Wilcox

Photo by Virginia Deiter

Big horn sheep

Location: Morenci, AZ

Photo by Virginia Deiter

White tail deer

Location: Morenci, AZ

Photo by Courtney Caputo

A wild green heron landed on the desert pupfish exhibit at the Phoenix Zoo

Location: Phoenix Zoo

Photo by Courtney Caputo

Bull elk with velvet

Location: Flagstaff, Arizona