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 8, 2025.
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
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Photo by Charlotte Evelyn
A male Northern Cardinal perched on a tree branch. Date taken: May 24, 2025.
Location: St. David
Photo by Robin Merrill
A young coopers hawk, i think, was watching me as i watched him this morning from my back patio
Location: Cornville AZ
Photo by Robin Merrill
Spotted this young Coopers Hawk this morning from my back patio when the sun lit up his white chest high up in the pine tree. He was being pestered by hummingbirds and seems to have spotted me as well
Location: Cornville AZ
Photo by Maureen Lastra
Location: Yuma, AZ
Photo by Maureen Lastra
Location: Yuma, AZ
Photo by Maureen Lastra
Location: Yuma, AZ
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
Photo by Marie Brown
Location: Waddell, AZ
Photo by Larry Chandler
Dark-eyed Junco in Ponderosa Pine as sun is setting.
Location: Luna Lake, Arizona