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 Elizabeth Schubert

This guy was a 7 year resident , raising his family year after year. We were blessed to have him and his young for so long.
We named him Jethro and enjoyed his company until the end.

Location: Surprise, Az

Photo by Matt Fiedler

A Mexican jay adds his blue and white to the red and green

Location: Chiricahua National Monument

Photo by Matt Fiedler

A multi-colored young collared lizard basks on a stone

Location: Petrified Forest National Park

Photo by Alicia Groneberg

Momma duck protecting her ducklings from the predator.

Location: Canyon Lake / Boulder Recreation Site

Photo by David Quanrud

This female Pyrrhuloxia provided a nice pose in the early morning light before flying away.

Location: Tucson

Photo by David Quanrud

This male Vermilion Flycatcher was moving around a lot and I was fortunate to catch this take off in the morning light.

Location: Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson

Photo by David Quanrud

This male Desert Spiny Lizard was enjoying the early morning sun in my backyard in Tucson.

Location: Tucson

Photo by Suzette Rosher

Gila trying to get over curb area Did not help just took my shots and left him alone

Location: Madera Reserve

Photo by Shawn Daniel Hendricks

A roadrunner takes refuge amid purple prickly pear pads.

Location: Veterans Cemetery, Fort Huachuca

Photo by Stephanie Hiller

A round-tailed ground squirrel eating with the reflection of blue sky and clouds in his eye.

Location: Scottsdale

Photo by Stephanie Hiller

A burrowing owl yawning, sitting a top a pile of rocks during the early morning hours of sunrise.

Location: Scottsdale

Photo by Eric Hermenitt

A canyon tree frog perched on a rock near a water source at Catalina State Park.

Location: Catalina State Park