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.
GALLERY
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Photo by Isaac Gorges
A horned lizard, with its spiky skin and camouflage, sits quietly in the Arizona desert.
Location: Sedona, Arizona
Photo by Jon Orona
Mountain Chickadee upside down on sunflower stalk
Location: Show Low
Photo by Jon Orona
Pronghorn moving through grassland habitat in the White Mountains
Location: Show Low, AZ
Photo by Jon Orona
California Condor on a cliff edge overlooking the Grand Canyon
Location: Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Adam Rodriguez
Location: Gilbert Water Ranch
Photo by Michele Carson
Taken on the road to Jackson Cabin passed Hooker Hot Springs
Location: Near Willcox, Cochise County
Photo by William L Frey Jr
Ahhh! Dinner!!
Location: Foothills, Yuma Az.
Photo by William L Frey Jr
Keeping a watchful eye.
Location: Mittery Lake, Yuma County
Photo by William L Frey Jr
Outside my house in an Ocotilla.
Location: Foothills, Yuma Az.
Photo by Richard H. Legere Jr.
Coiled in ambush hoping something delicious comes along.
Location: South Mountain, City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ.
Photo by Richard H. Legere Jr.
Coiled in ambush hoping something delicious comes along.
Location: Phoenix Mountains Preserve, City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ.
Photo by Stephen H Vaughan
Verdin adult male perched by an Ocotillo flower
Location: Tucson AZ