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.
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Photo by Stephanie Rudd
A crested saguaro is a rare cactus displaying a fan-shaped, wavy growth at its top instead of the usual single column. This makes it one of the desert’s most striking natural anomalies.
Location: Saguaro National Park West - Tucson, AZ
Photo by Stephanie Rudd
A vibrant macro view of an orange cactus flower, showcasing its soft, delicate petals and a dense cluster of bright yellow stamens at the center.
Location: Sonoran Desert, Arizona
Photo by Richard Champney
Tombstone
Location: Tombstone
Photo by Devin Boster
The 2023 partial solar eclipse rising behind picacho peak
Location: Picacho peak state park
Photo by Richard Champney
This way out. Deer Canyon near Page.
Location: Page
Photo by Marlin Mills
A female bobcat rests in a shady wash after an afternoon snack. I returned to the same wash, the next day and found bits of a gopher snake she had left behind.
Location: In a wash within our neighborhood landscape, in Mesa
Photo by Devin Boster
Dusk at the Superstition Mountains with saguaros in the foreground.
Location: Lost Dutchman State Park
Photo by Marlin Mills
A vigilant cactus wren watches over its nest, nestled in a staghorn cholla cactus, at dusk.
Location: Cactus is located in a wash within our neighborhood landscape, in Mesa.
Photo by Marlin Mills
A migrating Wilson's Warbler pauses briefly as it flits from branch to branch in the palo verde trees.
Location: north of Usery Regional Park
Photo by Marlin Mills
A Phainopepla flies through the tree branches keeping a watchful eye on threats within its territory.
Location: Lower Salt River
Photo by Marlin Mills
Gila Monster on the hunt, moving through desert rocks and wildflowers.
Location: Buldog Canyon
Photo by Marlin Mills
An ornate tree lizard hides along the mesquite tree trunk, as a coachwhip snake looks down from the branching trunk limbs, searching for its prey.
Location: Lower Salt River