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
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Photo by Julie Curtis
Female Harris Antelope Squirrels "dancing"
Location: Golden Valley
Photo by Theresa Rose Ditson
"Monument Valley Sunrise:" The sun’s golden ascent pierced the horizon between the iconic sandstone sentinels of the Navajo Nation, as Monument Valley greeted the day.
Location: Monument Valley
Photo by Theresa Rose Ditson
"Moonrise Over Crimson Cliffs:" The full moon rises over this ridgeline in Sedona that lives up to its name; even after the sun has set, the fiery red colors intensify.
Location: Sedona
Photo by Boyd Robinson
A beautiful enjoys a flower in the mountains of Arizona.
Location: White Mountains, Arizona
Photo by Boyd Robinson
A pronghorn antelope stops to watch on his way to a watering hole.
Location: White Mountains, Arizona
Photo by Tam Ryan
American White Pelican
Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, non-captive
Photo by Kathleen Croft
Aspen Explosion
Location: Aspen Corner, Flagstaff AZ
Photo by Mike Hillman
A rare desert snowfall drapes our iconic saguaro cactus in the Tortolita Mountains. Within an hour of capturing this scene, the snow had vanished, absorbed by Arizona’s relentless warmth.
Location: Marana, AZ
Photo by Jeff Goulden
Horseshoe Bend near Page, Arizona, offers a dramatic view of the Colorado River curving in a perfect horseshoe-shaped meander within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. near Page.
Location: Horseshoe Bend near Page
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A Lucy’s Warbler pauses on an ocotillo bloom at sunrise in southern Arizona, framed by the warm desert light and the colors of spring.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Jeff Goulden
A Gila Woodpecker clings to a branch in Green Valley. This Sonoran Desert species often nests in cavities carved into saguaros.
Location: Green Valley near Tucson
Photo by Jeff Goulden
A lone ponderosa pine rises from the cinder slopes of Sunset Crater, the youngest volcano in the San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff.
Location: Lava Trail at Sunset Crater National Monument near Flagstaff