18th Annual Arizona Highways Online Photo Contest

Photograph by Jeff Kida

Photograph by Jeff Kida

TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT

Every month, we showcase some of the most talented photographers in the world. Now it's your turn to join the ranks. Enter your favorite photo in the 2026 Arizona Highways Photography Contest.


Grand Prize
All expense 3-night stay at any ranch in the True Ranch Collection

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All finalist photographs will be published online and in our September 2026 issue.


Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries. 

Our contest is open to amateur and professional photographers. All photos must be made in Arizona and fit into the category of Landscape, Wildlife or Macro (close-up).

The submission deadline has passed.

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landscape

Photo by Marcello Redivo

Sunlight beams down illuminating the fall leaves at a historic rail bridge outside of Perkinsville.















Location: Verde Canyon - just outside of Perkinsville

landscape

Photo by Michael Kurth

Backyard Monsoons at sunset

Location: New River

wildlife

Photo by Candace Porth

A Green Heron intensely searches for prey in a lake at a Phoenix park.

Location: Granada Park, Phoenix

landscape

Photo by Michael Kurth

Nov. sunset Lake Pleasant just over the Mountains

Location: New River

wildlife

Photo by Rob Zint

A Great blue Heron stands tall on the shore of the lake at Desert West Park in Phoenix.

Location: Phoenix

wildlife

Photo by Rob Zint

A Killdeer patrols the shore of the lake at Desert West Park in Phoenix.

Location: Phoenix

wildlife

Photo by Rob Zint

Say's Phoebe perched in a tree behind our apartment complex.

Location: Phoenix

wildlife

Photo by Rob Zint

An American Kestrel sits high on a pole behind our apartment complex.

Location: Phoenix

wildlife

Photo by Hilda Maier

An Egret captured using a slow shutter speed in order to emphasize the water spray and the movement in the wings.

Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, AZ.

wildlife

Photo by Candace Porth

A Northern Mockingbird enjoys a gentle fall breeze after a long, hot Arizona summer.

Location: Phoenix

wildlife

Photo by Hilda Maier

Bottoms Up! These American white pelicans are cooperatively herd feeding and it makes for comical poses.

Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, AZ.

wildlife

Photo by Coleman Graves

This hummingbird entertained myself and my family on Christmas Eve 2024. This photo embraces the payoff from a hot summer. I was lucky to catch this shot in my own backyard.

Location: Scottsdale