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).
The submission deadline has passed.
GALLERY
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Photo by FRANK KREKORIAN
SQUIRREL RUNNING ACROSS DESRT FLOOR
Location: LAKE PLEASANT PEORIA AZ
Photo by Patty Ranweiler
Turkey Vulture overseeing the land from a dead tree branch.
Location: Phon D Sutton Recreation area in Mesa, AZ - Tonto National Forest.
Photo by Robert Campbell
A beautiful streak of lightning in the monsoons.
Location: Mesa
Photo by Tom Stark
Close up of the Mitten Shadow
Location: Monument Valley
Photo by Tom Stark
The famous Mitten Shadow is a twice-yearly spectacle occuring in March and September, when the setting sun perfectly casts the shadow of the West Mitten Butte onto the East Mitten Butte at sunset.
Location: Monument Valley
Photo by Tom Stark
The Mitten Shadow attracts visitors and photographers from around the world to witness the dramatic alignment and the creeping shadow as it climbs the East Mitten Butte.
Location: Monument Valley
Photo by Tom Stark
Majestic, sweeping, tranquil, and dramatic are words to describe Artist's Point, Monument Valley.
Location: Aertist's Point, Monument Valley
Photo by Jake Levin
A cactus wren looking out from the top of a cholla cactus cluster in sunset light.
Location: Tucson
Photo by Jake Levin
A Lucy's warbler standing on the flowers of an ocotillo in full bloom.
Location: Amado
Photo by Michael Kurth
Secret antelope slot Canyon
Location: Page AZ
Photo by Sean Bergstrand
Submarine Rock after Monsoon
Location: Sedona
Photo by Ankur Chatterjee
Rocks at Cave Creek Ranch
Location: Portal, Arizona