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 Stephanie Hiller

Two Burrowing Owls sitting on a mound of dirt and twigs during sunrise.

Location: Fields near E Jack Rabbit Rd, Scottsdale, AZ

Photo by Etc...

Flycatcher catching sunrays

Location: N. Scottsdale AZ

Photo by Scott Anderson

Broad-tailed Hummingbird Fanning his Wings

Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch

Photo by Scott Anderson

Gila Woodpecker with Tongue

Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch

Photo by Scott Anderson

Cactus Wren on the side of a tree

Location: Granite Reef Recreational Area - Mesa, AZ

Photo by Lee Kaechele

Hanging out and keeping cool.

Location: cave creek

Photo by Tyler Nelke

Kestrels playing tag on the cactus

Location: Phoenix mountain preserve

Photo by Tyler Nelke

White faced ibis stopping in for a splash

Location: Gilbert riparian preserve

Photo by Tyler Nelke

Male Anna’s hummingbird showing its true colors.

Location: Gilbert riparian preserve

Photo by Craig Miller

Early morning photo of a white pelican wading in Lake Roosevelt.

Location: Roosevelt Lake

Photo by Craig Miller

A gray fox, in a meadow next to Rd. 300, along the Mogollon Rim

Location: Meadow next to Rd. 300, along the Mogollon Rim

Photo by Craig Miller

Up close with a bull elk in a wooded meadow in Payson.

Location: Payson