2025 Adventures in Nature Student Photo Contest
2024 First Place photograph by Jessica Finnie
The Nature Conservancy in Arizona, in partnership with Arizona Highways and Arizona's Family,
presents the
12th Annual “Adventures in Nature” Student Photo Contest
Students aged 13-18 are invited to enter up to two photos that capture Arizona’s beauty and wildlife for a chance to win cash prizes. The contest is open for submissions between March 1-31, 2025, and the top 10 winners will be announced on a virtual awards ceremony on April 17th, 2025. All contestants will receive a Zoom invitation by email.
See last year’s winners here.
Prizes:
First place - $5,000
Second place - $2,500
Third place - $1,000
7 Honorable Mentions - $250 each
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
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Photo by Cydnie Bynum
While camping with my family, i was playing around with the lighting an angles on my phones camera. I took this pic from my camp chair and got a really good shot.
Location: Near Jerome, AZ
Photo by Isabelle M Davison
A still moment caught of a butterfly and bee crossing paths
Location: Arizona-Sonara Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
Photo by Emma Wallen
A lizard sitting on a rock watching the world go past it
Location: Bush Highway
Photo by Mateo Gonzales
A Burrowing Owl coming of it's hole.
Location: Phoenix Zoo
Photo by OWEN SELBERG
This is happy Jack flagstaff and I was with the Ata vets program working on the trail
Location: Happy jack flagstaff az
Photo by Owenselberg
It started as hail then turned into snow this was my first time seeing snow
Location: Happy jack flagstaff az
Photo by Kasandra Acosta
The image captures Flagstaff's Snowbowl during the early evening. The cool almost nostalgic picture makes you feel warm and cozy inside.
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Photo by Xavier Vargas
On a Class Trip to mount lemon I saw this tree with the sun angled on the leaves creating a wonderful scene creating a wonderful green glow around the birch bark of the tree
Location: Mount Lemon
Photo by Katelyn Mahnk
Location: Bisbee, AZ
Photo by McKenna Mathews
All animals see the world in different ways. Having horizontal rectangular pupils allows them to see nearly 360 degrees around themselves, which makes you wonder how they perceive the world when you see them through your camera lens.
Location: Catalina Arizona
Photo by Xavier Vargas
I was on a class trip to Mount Lemon in Tucson. I saw a fire pile deep in the woods surrounded by birch trees, when I took the photo home I decided that this would be one of the photos I would submit.
Location: Mount Lemon
Photo by Katelyn Mahnk
Location: Bisbee, AZ