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 Michael Kurth
Backyard Monsoons at sunset
Location: New River
Photo by Candace Porth
A Green Heron intensely searches for prey in a lake at a Phoenix park.
Location: Granada Park, Phoenix
Photo by Michael Kurth
Nov. sunset Lake Pleasant just over the Mountains
Location: New River
Photo by Rob Zint
A Great blue Heron stands tall on the shore of the lake at Desert West Park in Phoenix.
Location: Phoenix
Photo by Rob Zint
A Killdeer patrols the shore of the lake at Desert West Park in Phoenix.
Location: Phoenix
Photo by Rob Zint
Say's Phoebe perched in a tree behind our apartment complex.
Location: Phoenix
Photo by Rob Zint
An American Kestrel sits high on a pole behind our apartment complex.
Location: Phoenix
Photo by Hilda Maier
An Egret captured using a slow shutter speed in order to emphasize the water spray and the movement in the wings.
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, AZ.
Photo by Candace Porth
A Northern Mockingbird enjoys a gentle fall breeze after a long, hot Arizona summer.
Location: Phoenix
Photo by Hilda Maier
Bottoms Up! These American white pelicans are cooperatively herd feeding and it makes for comical poses.
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, AZ.
Photo by Coleman Graves
This hummingbird entertained myself and my family on Christmas Eve 2024. This photo embraces the payoff from a hot summer. I was lucky to catch this shot in my own backyard.
Location: Scottsdale
Photo by Hilda Maier
The American white pelicans were preening and setting feathers and fluff free to float in the air. For a split second they stopped and gave me a look as if they were playing peek-a-boo.
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, AZ.