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 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
Photo by Charlene schoen
Location: Oak Creek at Indian Gardens
Photo by Scott Pirtle
A Great Blue Heron moves ever so stealthily from the shadows into the early morning sunlight, never breaking it's gaze from the small fish soon to become it's breakfast.
Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve
Photo by Frank Macias
Finding shade in the summer heat.
Location: Gila Bend Mtns
Photo by Karen Shaw
A Black-crowned Night Heron looks for a fish from his rocky perch at Watson Lake.
Location: Watson Lake.