Submit Your Shots today! A WORLD OF WATER
The WRRC Annual Photo Contest is back! This is your chance to capture A World of Water, which is the 2025 contest theme. Use your creativity and technical ability to express the many ways water transforms our world and how humanity transforms water. From ANY LOCATION, we invite you to capture how water connects to people, nature, the built environment, and agriculture. It’s completely up to you. Just make sure your photos relate to water and that you indicate where each image was taken. We can’t wait to see your amazing images!
We’ve already received many great submissions—thank you to everyone who has entered thus far. If you haven’t submitted yet, there’s still time. Be sure to review the contest Rules & Guidelines for full entry details. We’re looking forward to seeing more unique perspectives. For inspiration, we invite you to check out previous years’ winners.
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Contest Categories
This year’s contest features four main categories, giving photographers a wide range of subjects to explore:
- People & Pets
- Wildlife
- Nature & Landscapes
- The Built Environment
Who Can Enter?
- The photo contest is open to anyone high school aged or older on or before Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 (the contest submission deadline).
- For high school students under 18, permission from a parent or guardian is required to submit any photos.
- Employees of the Water Resources Research Center and their immediate family members are not eligible to enter.
Recognition
Winners will be announced at the 2026 Chocolate Fest in February (Date TBD), and winning photographs will be featured on the WRRC website. Photo Contest images may be used by the WRRC (and with WRRC’s permission, its affiliates) on websites, publications, and outreach materials for educational and promotional purposes.
How to Enter
- Submission Deadline: Dec. 19, 2025
- Submission Rules & Guidelines
Submit Photos:
wrrc.arizona.edu/wrrc-2025-photo-contest-application
Top Featured Image: Grateful received an Honorable Mention for Best in Show in 2024. Photo by Chris Bresciani, taken in Phoenix, AZ.
Water – Use It Wisely is proud to feature guest bloggers who write about topics related to water and water conservation. The author of this blog, John Polle, is a Media Specialist at the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC).
A Cooperative Extension center and a research unit in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the WRRC is the designated state water resources research center established under the 1964 Federal Water Resources Research Act. The WRRC conducts water policy research and analysis, and its information transfer activities include publications, conferences, lectures, and seminars. Water news and information are provided to the academic community, water professionals, elected and appointed officials, students and the public.
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Want some inspiration? Find our Celebrate AZ Water blogs!