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 Courtney Caputo

Bull elk with velvet

Location: Flagstaff, Arizona

Photo by Courtney Caputo

Female elk in the snow

Location: Flagstaff, Arizona

Photo by William philpott

Elk staring at me in the snow

Location: Greer, AZ

Photo by William philpott

female bobcat with one ear

Location: Ash canyon sierra vista

Photo by JT Shaneyfelt

Quail strolling on state trust land

Location: State Trust Land, NW Chino Valley, AZ

Photo by JT Shaneyfelt

Jackrabbit pair in animated conversation

Location: State Trust Land, NW Chino Valley, AZ

Photo by JT Shaneyfelt

Mother and her adolescent mule deer

Location: State Trust Land, NW Chino Valley, AZ

Photo by Kathy Jamieson

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Eating Lizard

Location: Tucson, Arizona

Photo by Steve Wolfe

A Gray Fox at Portal on the east side of the Chiricahua Mountains in southeast Arizona.

Location: Portal, AZ

Photo by Meeka Vigue

Male Cooper’s hawk waking up along the salt river

Location: Salt river

Photo by Meeka Vigue

Mother and sleepy owlette Great Horned Owls

Location: Tonto National Forest

Photo by Meeka Vigue

Rattlesnake sleeping along the bank of the salt river

Location: Salt river