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).
GALLERY
Displaying 13 - 24 of 1983
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A hummingbird hovers in the desert light, pausing mid-air as it snatches a tiny insect. Captured at 1/8000, the moment reveals the agility that sustains these small desert birds in AZ’s midday heat.
Location: Tucson, AZ
Photo by Jonathan Buford
The Verde River at the base of the Cedar Bench Wilderness had reached flood stage. The thick clouds broke for a moment and the heavens shined down upon the Fall scene I had previously lined up.
Location: Verde River
Photo by Caleb Burton
Neighborhood muley buck in Heber, AZ
Driving home I saw this buck along with four others in a draw
Location: Heber, AZ
Photo by William F. Hillman III
Monument Valley at sunset taken on June 9, 2018.
Location: Monument Valley.
Photo by Dorothy Love
Sunset over Thumb Butte
Location: Near Oatman
Photo by Dorothy Love
Lizard rock.
Location: Sedona
Photo by Johnstone
Full Moon Rising above Tempe Town Lake
Location: Mill Bridge Tempe
Photo by Johnstone
Fiery Sunset from Sunrise Peak
Location: Sunrise Peak McDowell Mountains
Photo by Brian Collier
Taken along Grand Canyon South Rim.
Location: Grand Canyon
Photo by Collin Johnstone
Purply Sunset on the McDowells
Location: McDowell Mountain Preserve
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A wild bobcat pauses in the desert heat with a fresh catch, its golden eyes fixed and alert. Midday light revealed a rare moment of survival and instinct as it moved through the scrublands.
Location: Tucson, AZ
Photo by Shelly Wayne
Maggie's Moment: my sweet Angle sang for me as the sun slipped from the sky. The canyon walls illuminated and glowed with the ends of the day. And then... the sky began to sing.
Location: Toroweap, AZ