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 Juli Thomas
Resident eagle keeping watch on a cottonwood tree near lake.
Location: Dead Horse State Park
Photo by Juli Thomas
Green heron patiently stalking it's dinner by the running creek at the preserve.
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch
Photo by Julie Curtis
Harris' Antelope Squirrel eating seeds on rock
Location: Golden Valley, Arizona
Photo by David Ring
A cactus wren diving from a rock at the beginning of flight.
Location: Santa Catalina Mountains Foothills, Tucson, AZ
Photo by Joe Scherzer
Location: Lynx Lake
Photo by Fran Heck
Beautiful soul in my tree at sunset
Location: Apache Junction
Photo by kenneth hodne
Eagle a53 rescue taking of from a branch
Location: Watson lake Prescott AZ
Photo by Charles Jones
Early morning flight to escape photographers.
Location: Willow Lake, Prescott, AZ.
Photo by Greg Ralbovsky
Hooded Oriole enjoying the day on a blooming ocotillo
Location: Tucson
Photo by Greg Ralbovsky
On the way to Badger Falls...we saw a Big Horn Sheep!
Location: Havasupai
Photo by Greg Ralbovsky
Bobcat hanging out in the Tres Rios Wetlands
Location: Tres Rios Wetlands
Photo by Brian Peterson
Female broad-billed hummingbird flying in her natural environment.
Location: Patagonia