18th Annual Arizona Highways Online Photo Contest
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
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).
GALLERY
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Photo by Catherine Sienko
Chrysactinia Mexicana - Wildflower
Location: Diamond Bell Ranch, Arizona
Photo by Catherine Sienko
Desert Zinnia - Wildflower
Location: Diamond Bell Ranch, Arizona
Photo by Catherine Sienko
Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tohono O'Odham Nation, Arizona
Location: Diamond Bell Ranch, Arizona
Photo by Kelly Gilling
Date night at the corral: Rosy-faced lovebirds share a synchronous moment on a fence in Cave Creek, Arizona.
Location: Cave Creek, AZ
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A Lucy’s Warbler lifts into the calm of a late-sunrise sky, pausing beside the vibrant ocotillo blooms that mark spring in the Sonoran Desert.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Max Stewart
Elk calf showing it's displeasure at being photographed.
Location: First crossing. Payson Arizona
Photo by Tamara A McGinnitty
Reflections on the Salt River
Location: Salt River
Photo by Kelly Gilling
The colorful plumage of a rosy-faced lovebird nearly blends into a palo verde treescape.
Location: Cave Creek, AZ
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A lone pine tree watches a colorful sunrise in the White Mountains.
Location: White Mountains, Arizona
Photo by Josh Lewis
Hoodoo Peak, seen from the summit of Signal Peak inside Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
March 11, 2022
Location: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by Marcello Redivo
Views into the verde canyon with ocotillos catching the final beams of light as the sun fades behind the mountain beyond.
Location: Verde Canyon - just outside of Clarksdale
Photo by Kelly Gilling
Catching the glare of a house sparrow trying to hide under the cover of fuchsia bougainvillea.
Location: Cave Creek, AZ