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 11, 2025.
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
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Photo by Kohinoor Kar
A pair of beautiful rabbits spotted inside the preserve area on a relatively cooler morning. Kept one of them in-focus.
Location: Riparian Preserve, Gilbert, Arizona
Photo by Robert Burson
Location: Table Mountain
Photo by Morgan Rice
Sitting in a blind waiting for Pronghorn Antelope and this beautiful Red-Tailed Hawk took off in flight looking for its next meal.
Location: Kaibab Plateau
Photo by Lark Lorenz
Location: payson
Photo by Nikolay Mladenov
Location: Phoenix
Photo by Mike Henry
Curve-billed Thrasher feeding its young at its nest. Low-res image... 8MB jpeg at high-res
Location: East Tucson
Photo by Morgan Rice
A Red-Tailed Hawk surveying the landscape in wait for his next meal
Location: Kaibab Plateau
Photo by Robert Burson
Pronghorn male feeding
Location: Table Mountain
Photo by Kevin O'Connell
Seen along the Los Burros hiking trail
Location: Outside of McNary
Photo by Chrissy Frinkle
Rio Vista Community Park
Location: Peoria
Photo by Gary Howard
The Owl and the Butterfly. During this particular morning the fields were chock full of yellow butterflies. While watching this owl one flew close to it and the rest is history.
Location: Buckeye AZ
Photo by Jill Tierney
Sitting in the last light of the day
Location: Fort Lowell Park