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 Lisa M. Daniels
At sunrise in Green Valley, a Lucy’s Warbler feeds among the blossoms of a blooming ocotillo, its wings fanned wide as it hovers over the bright desert flowers.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Keith Dines
View of Weavers Needle from the Peralta Trail in the Superstition Mountains.
Location: Superstition Mountains
Photo by Chris Hall
A Bighorn ram poses nicely in the Superstition Wilderness outside Apache Junction.
Location: Superstition Wilderness
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
At cold sunrise in the Santa Rita Mountains, a hummingbird hovers among blooming desert stalks, its wings catching the soft morning light as it feeds from the first flowers of the day.
Location: Santa Rita Mountains
Photo by Lisa Manifold
Dragonfly perching on a stick to rest, defend territory, hunt, or?
Location: Superior, Arizona
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
At cold sunrise in the Santa Rita Mountains, a hummingbird hovers at a desert bloom, catching the first light on its iridescent back as it feeds among the spring flowers.
Location: Santa Rita Mountains
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A male Northern Cardinal perches on sunlit desert wood, his red plumage glowing against the soft morning sky. A quiet moment in the Sonoran Desert, captured as he paused to survey his territory.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Lisa Manifold
Swallowtail on a flower in the garden
Location: Superior, Arizona
Photo by Kallie Cabanban
Location: Sedona
Photo by Kallie Cabanban
Location: Sedona
Photo by Kallie Cabanban
Location: Sedona
Photo by Kallie Cabanban
Location: Sedona