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 Jason Clymer
Breeding season on Mount Wrightson
Location: Mount Wrightson near the summit
Photo by Jason Clymer
Spiny on Mount Wrightson
Location: Mount Wrightson
Photo by Max Stewart
Rock squirrel peering out of it's hiding spot
Location: Lower Salt River. Tonto National Forest
Photo by Max Stewart
Blue dasher dragonfly
Location: Lower Salt River. Tonto National Forest
Photo by Max Stewart
Bald Eagle perched in a tree surveying the area.
Location: Lower Salt River. Tonto National Forest
Photo by Max Stewart
Close up of a honey bee collecting pollen from a sunflower.
Location: Desert Botanical Garden
Photo by Theresa Rose Ditson
"Rorschach Reflections at West Fork:" Autumn colors and sculpted red rocks mirror themselves in the still waters of West Fork of Oak Creek.
Location: Oak Creen Canyon/Sedona
Photo by Theresa Rose Ditson
“Emergence at West Fork:" From the quiet shallows of West Fork, life emerges through the traces of a fading season, delicate green foliage reaching through stone and shadow toward the light’s return.
Location: Oak Creen Canyon/Sedona
Photo by Theresa Rose Ditson
"Autumn Illumination at 'The Crack:'" This image captures the sun backlighting the foliage colors in the trees as wispy clouds streamed across the scene.
Location: Wet Beaver Creek, Bell Trail
Photo by Theresa Rose Ditson
"Autumn Reflections at 'The Crack:'" A popular swimming hold in the summer, this destination is also beautiful in the fall when the leaves show their true colors against the red sandstone.
Location: Wet Beaver Creek, Bell Trail
Photo by Brandon Orr
When wood turns into stone, a wide array of reds, oranges, and whites streak throughout the piece of petrified wood. This is an up close look of one piece of petrified wood along the Giant Logs Trail.
Location: Petrified Forest NP along the Giant Logs Trail
Photo by Brandon Orr
The peace of morning's first light bursts into a fire of color over the mittens in Monument Valley, AZ.
Location: Monument Valley