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 11, 2025.

Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries. 

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Photo by Robert J Anderson III

Day time out of my residence, I was visited my this Road Runner.

Location: MOHAVE PARK AREA, KINGMAN

Photo by Carrie Hebert

Behind our house

Location: Phoenix

Photo by Erica River

Location: Flagstaff

Photo by Shane Hebert

Found in a walk off 7th St and Peoria

Location: Phoenix

Photo by Carrie Hebert

This little guy was in my neighborhood.

Location: Phoenix

Photo by Lorinda Navarro

A juvenile hawk perches atop a saguaro to survey the area

Location: Pinal County, Arizona (middle of the desert)

Photo by Erica Rivera

Location: Flagstaff

Photo by Sandra Cadriel

Arizona Bighorn Sheep on the mountain

Location: Canyon Lake

Photo by Jeff Hill

Mule deer looking at me in the yard

Location: Cave Creek, AZ

Photo by Norma Dickey

Hawk in my backyard Mesquite tree. It sits there everyday and loves to be talked to.

Location: Northwest Tucson

Photo by Kevin Soderblom

Location: Alpine

Photo by Brian Duncan

This is a coyote that was among the boulders on Davis Monthan AFB. I just happened to be sitting right there. Amazing

Location: Davis Monthan AFB Tucson AZ