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.
GALLERY
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Photo by William Lassiter
30 minutes of time at Monument Valley. There was a lot of haze in the night sky due to the Dragon Bravo fire. One shot, no stacking, or composite.
Location: Monument Valley
Photo by Michelle Calcagno
A view from high up on Lizard Head Trail overlooking the Sedona Red Rocks
Location: Sedona Arizona
Photo by Paul Floyd
Cholla Cactus and the Superstition Mountains at Sunset
Location: First Water Road, Apache Junction, AZ
Photo by Michelle Calcagno
Sedona Red Rocks from Lizard Head Trail on an early morning hike
Location: Sedona Arizona
Photo by Jerry Bombardier
Lush views of Ponderosa Pine and Alligator Juniper from the Mogollon Rim Trail.
Location: Mogollon Rim Trail in Lakeside, AZ
Photo by William Lassiter
A gilded flicker sits on the moon.
Location: Carefree
Photo by Michael Ring
The giant Sonoran centipede (S. heros) is the largest centipede in the United States. This fascinating invertebrate packs a painful bite capable of incapacitating a human for hours.
Location: Black canyon city
Photo by Michelle Calcagno
View of Capitol Butte Rock Formation
Location: Sedona Arizona
Photo by John Byerly
A couple of birds sitting on a boxwood plant as a sprinkler system goes off all around them and sparkles in the sunlight
Location: Saddlebrooke, Tucson
Photo by William Lassiter
A white-winged dove enjoys the full moon.
Location: Carefree
Photo by Michelle Calcagno
A view of the Red Rocks of Capitol Butte in Sedona Arizona
Location: Sedona Arizona
Photo by William Lassiter
Three quails line up for a portrait. I got so lucky with how they all were framed!
Location: Carefree