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 Daniel J Clarke

Cougar Shadow on the Superstation Mountains

Location: Apache Junction

landscape

Photo by Daniel Clarke

Lightning strikes caught from A Mountain in Tucson as a storm makes it's way through Oro Valley

Location: Tucson, AZ

wildlife

Photo by Reid Woodward

A Great Horned Owl shades it baby from the afternoon sun.

Location: North Scottsdale

wildlife

Photo by Reid Woodward

A young Great Horned Owl tugs on its Mother's Tail Feathers

Location: North Scottsdale

landscape

Photo by Daniel J Clarke

After a few days of storms the sun pierced the clouds just long enough light up Wotans Throne on our final day at the North Rim.

Location: North Rim - Grand Canyon National Park

wildlife

Photo by Reid Woodward

A fledgling Great Horned Owl in its nest a couple of days before its first flight.

Location: North Scottsdale

wildlife

Photo by Reid Woodward

A fledgling Great Horned owl waits patiently for one of its parents to return to the nest.

Location: North Scottsdale

wildlife

Photo by Elizabeth E. Eygendaal

A Broad-billed hummingbird showing of his iridescent feathers.

Location: Boyce Thompson Arboreteum

landscape

Photo by Elizabeth E. Eygendaal

A smokey sunrise lights up Four Peaks caused by the Bush fire.

Location: Phoenix Az

wildlife

Photo by Elizabeth E. Eygendaal

This burrowing owl rest on a branch with faint traces of its latest catch still on its talons.

Location: Scottsdale Az

wildlife

Photo by Elizabeth E. Eygendaal

A Desert Horned Toad warming itself on a toasty rock.

Location: Flagstaff Az

wildlife

Photo by Elizabeth E. Eygendaal

Male western bluebird perched in the morning light.

Location: Flafstaff AZ