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 8, 2025.

Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries. 

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Photo by Bradley Durbin

Watching from top of Saguaro cactus

Location: Behind house next to Superstition Mountain

Photo by Parker Montei

A coatimundi seen rummaging around the canyon floor, while surrounded by several other coatimundis from the same band

Location: Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness

Photo by Stephan Donovan

Tame pair of cardinals

Location: Tohono Chul Park, Oro Valley

Photo by Martin B Waller

A Burrowing Owl next to an agricultural field.

Location: Buckeye

Photo by Christina Sandoval

Beautiful coyote resting

Location: In the park off of 67th Ave and Greenway

Photo by Vigie Marilyn Fausto

Wild turkey ruffling feathers

Location: Chuska Mountain west Arizona

Photo by Vigie Marilyn Fausto

Deer grazing and watched us drive by

Location: Chuska Mountain

Photo by Bill Lee

While sitting in a blind during the 2024 Archery Elk Season.

Location: Northern Arizona

Photo by Tim Lovern

Burrowing owl near the Chandler Airport

Location: Chandler AZ

Photo by Albert Bales

Mid winter elk hunt I almost stepped on him

Location: Chavez Pass, Northern Arizona

Photo by Luke Stone

Bobcat in the desert

Location: Saguaro West

Photo by Cheryl Lynn Wyatt

Saw this Duck from where I was fishing

Location: Bullhead City