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).
All entries must be submitted by November 30, 2025, at 11:59:59 p.m.
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Photo by Melissa Harnish
An early morning javelina greeted me on my morning hike.
Location: Oro Valley, Arizona
Photo by Sammani Perera
A Bright Morning. Underneath the gloom of a wildfire on the South Rim was a bright morning with a view of Deva, Brahma, and Zoroaster Temples flanking the Bright Angel Canyon.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
Enchanted Forest. Cape Royal Road is the gateway to the majority of overlooks on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, but canyon views are not its only charm as it winds through meadows and forests.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
Pastel Forest. Coming out of Point Sublime, I took this long exposure photo once the dust on the road settled, the crickets in the grass alighted, and the breeze in the trees dropped.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
Sublime. For me, Point Sublime will forever be this northwestern view in the golden hour, empty, muted, sublime…
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
Sunset from Cape Royal.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Melissa Harnish
Clouds and snow blanket Pusch Ridge, on a cold January day.
Location: Oro Valley, Arizona
Photo by Sammani Perera
Centerstage. A hoodoo of Kaibab Limestone stands centerstage, glowing in shafts of morning light.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Peg Wier
This young Great Horned owl enjoys the sun.
Location: Apache Junction
Photo by Sammani Perera
Valhalla. On this morning, the view from Cape Royal took the appearance of Valhalla, Wotans Throne rising in golden light above the spirits of the fallen warriors drifting in blue mist.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Melissa Harnish
A large flock of Sandhill Cranes take to the skies at sunset.
Location: Lake Cochise Wildlife Viewing Area, Willcox, Arizona
Photo by Melissa Harnish
A beautiful golden sunset lights up the Sonoran Desert in the final minutes of daylight.
Location: Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona