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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wildlife

Photo by Luke Erickson

Hawk staring down the passing train along the Verde Canyon RR

Location: Verde Canyon

wildlife

Photo by Luke Erickson

Roadrunner following us along the trail toward Weavers Needle

Location: Superstition Mountains

landscape

Photo by Luke Erickson

Pusch Ridge trail

Location: Santa Catalina Mountains

landscape

Photo by Luke Erickson

Fall along the Verde River near Perkinsville on the Verde Canyon RR

Location: Perkinsville, AZ

landscape

Photo by Luke Erickson

Fire lookout on Lemmon Rock

Location: Lemmon Rock Lookout

landscape

Photo by Luke Erickson

Wilderness of Rock trail Mount Lemmon

Location: Mount Lemmon

landscape

Photo by Luke Erickson

Summer storm over Camelback Mountain

Location: Fountain Hills

landscape

Photo by Luke Erickson

Summer monsoon sunset in the Four Peaks Wilderness

Location: Four Peaks Wilderness

landscape

Photo by Luke Erickson

Pine tree growing next to a large boulder in the Wilderness of Rock on Mount Lemmon.

Location: Wilderness of Rock Mount Lemmon

landscape

Photo by Stephanie Rudd

Antelope Canyon Night Stargazing is a unique perspective in the slot canyons of Page, AZ. You immerse beneath the thousands of stars and canyon walls and become connected to countless civilizations.

Location: Page, AZ

landscape

Photo by Patty Albin

Double rainbow after an afternoon storm taken at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, right outside El Tovar Hotel. Taken August 26

Location: South Rim of the Grand Canyon, right outside El Tovar Hotel

landscape

Photo by Wendy L Islas

The sun set just as the milky way rose over Ragged Top with the Comet Atlas over head.

Location: Ironwood Forest National Monument