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 Kathleen Croft
Aspen Explosion
Location: Aspen Corner, Flagstaff AZ
Photo by Mike Hillman
A rare desert snowfall drapes our iconic saguaro cactus in the Tortolita Mountains. Within an hour of capturing this scene, the snow had vanished, absorbed by Arizona’s relentless warmth.
Location: Marana, AZ
Photo by Jeff Goulden
Horseshoe Bend near Page, Arizona, offers a dramatic view of the Colorado River curving in a perfect horseshoe-shaped meander within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. near Page.
Location: Horseshoe Bend near Page
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A Lucy’s Warbler pauses on an ocotillo bloom at sunrise in southern Arizona, framed by the warm desert light and the colors of spring.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Jeff Goulden
A Gila Woodpecker clings to a branch in Green Valley. This Sonoran Desert species often nests in cavities carved into saguaros.
Location: Green Valley near Tucson
Photo by Jeff Goulden
A lone ponderosa pine rises from the cinder slopes of Sunset Crater, the youngest volcano in the San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff.
Location: Lava Trail at Sunset Crater National Monument near Flagstaff
Photo by Jeff Goulden
Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona, glows with shifting light that highlights its sculpted red sandstone walls, a slot canyon shaped by millennia of wind and water.
Location: Lower Antelope Canyon near Page
Photo by Jeff Goulden
A white-faced ibis in breeding colors rests along the shore at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, its iridescent plumage and curved bill catching the light.
Location: Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff
Photo by Hoober
Mathar point at south rim for sunrise.
Location: South rim Grand Canyon
Photo by Russell Hoober
Northern lights over saguaros.
Location: Butcher jones OHV
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A Yellow-rumped Warbler pauses at a desert water’s edge in Green Valley, Arizona, sharing a brief sunrise moment with a curious honeybee.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A Hooded Oriole sweeps past in the soft morning light in Green Valley, its wings fanned wide as it glides across the spring desert.
Location: Green Valley, AZ