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 Tim Dayton
Well driving a dirt road one night I came across this awesome lizard which is one of my favorites in the Sonoran desert
Location: Picture rocks Arizona
Photo by Chrissy Frinkle
Mallard duck on Watson Lake
Location: Prescott AZ
Photo by Brandie Lane
Look at that smile!
Location: Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, AZ
Photo by Brandie Lane
This guy was posing for pictures for me! What a natural model!
Location: Petrified Forest, Holbrook, Arizona
Photo by Tara Campanaro
Harris’s hawk perched in tree.
Location: Glendale
Photo by Keith Sword
A northern cardinal flashes its colors in Superior, AZ
Location: Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Photo by George Perkins
Curiosity, who is that making noise in my forest?
Location: Mogollon rim , Knoll lake rd.
Photo by George Perkins
Herd of resting antelope.
Herd of over 100
Location: Roadside Prescott Valley
Photo by Barbara DeLap
Side yard on Spectrum Drive - Copper Crest neighborhood
Location: Copper Crest - Spectrum Dr
Photo by Keith Sword
2 young burrowing owls are trying to make their way
Location: Scottsdale
Photo by Joaquin L. Campa
Is a thick-bodied, slow-moving lizard with brightly patterned skin made up of bead-like scales in black, orange, or pink.
Location: TELEGRAPH PASS MONTAIN YUMA CO.
Photo by Dustin Iles
A bull elk getting some aggression out and cooling off during the rut.
Location: Birch Mesa, Payson, Arizona