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 Christine Nolan
Great Blue Heron flying over the water
Location: Payson Arizona
Photo by Tara Campanaro
Stellers Jay
Location: Greer, AZ knoll pole
Photo by Tara
Stellers Jay
Location: Greer. AZ
Photo by Mark Koster
A male Belted Kingfisher appears to look HAPPY on the island at Chaparral Lake !
Location: Chaparral Lake, Scottsdale
Photo by Kathy Ritter
Reflections on Black River
Location: Black RIver
Photo by Kathy Ritter
Black River in early morning glow
Location: Black River
Photo by Kathy Ritter
Aspens express their breadth of color amidst spires of charred remnants left by wildfires, in a testament of resilience of nature.
Location: Outside of Big Lake toward Black River
Photo by Kathy Ritter
Aspens express their breadth of color amidst spires of charred remnants left by wildfires, in a testament of resilience of nature.
Location: Black River
Photo by Denise Bell
A Steller's Jay momentarily perches above Oak Creek Canyon and Highway 89A.
Location: Oak Creek Canyon
Photo by Don Carney
Black Phoebe
Location: Riparian Preserve, Gilbert
Photo by Bald Eagle - Avondale, Arizona
One of two bald eagles above their nest near a Cemex Plant in Avondale, Arizona, in early October of 2025.
Location: Avondale, Arizona
Photo by Lorraine Rivera
Beautiful bucks, a mule deer sunrise in Southern Arizona
Location: West Tucson