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 Chris Hall
A Burrowing Owl in flight over the Sonoran Desert.
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona.
Photo by Chris Hall
A Burrowing Owl checking its surroundings from its burrow.
Location: Buckeye, Arizona.
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A female Northern Cardinal lifts off from a Santa Cruz Pyracantha at late sunrise in southern Arizona, her wings glowing in the warm morning light.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Chris Hall
A Burrowing Owl watching a hawk fly overhead in the early morning hours of the Sonoran Desert.
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona.
Photo by Chris Hall
Superstition mountains from the Broadway Trail at sunrise.
Location: Apache Junction, Arizona.
Photo by Rebecca Peterson
Snow on the Mountain in Cottonwood Arizona. Taken March 2023.
Location: Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood
Photo by Chris Hall
A barn owl in flight looking right at the camera.
Location: Gilbert, Arizona.
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A Curve-billed Thrasher pauses on a purple prickly pear pad at late sunrise in southern Arizona, its bright eye catching the first warm light of the morning.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Adrienne McLeod
Monsoon clouds over the San Francisco Peaks
Location: Arizona Trail Passage 34 - San Francisco Peak
Photo by Adrienne McLeod
A resplendent buprestid on a daisy
Location: Tucson AZ
Photo by Amie Heim
balance
Location: Wave Cave - Superstition Mountains
Photo by Adrienne McLeod
A verdin pauses on a branch of the colorful pink fruit-bearing pistache tree in Lakeside Park
Location: Tucson AZ